The Columbian Exchange
I. What was the Columbian Exchange?
The explorers created contact between ___________________________________________________
Interaction with Native Americans led to big cultural changes.
Exchange of physical elements: ______________________, plants,_________________________, weapons, etc.
II. Animals
What was the only domesticated animal in Latin America?
Which animals did the Europeans bring to Latin America?
III. Plants
What did Europeans being to the America?
What native crops did Europeans take back to
Europe?
IV. The Introduction of New Diseases
Name 3 European diseases that affected the Native Americans:
Why did the Europeans think that the natives were dying from the diseases?
V. Devastating Impact of Diseases
Why did diseases kill so many natives?
VI. Smallpox
Central Mexico - 25 million in 1519 to less than ______________________ in 1605
Hispañola - One million in 1492 to ___________________________________ in 1512
North America - _____________________ of Native Americans gone within 100 years of Plymouth landing
VII. Effects of Diseases
Who did the Europeans get to work on plantations and in mines when most of the native population had
died?
VIII. Impact of the Columbian Exchange
What is an example of a “traditional cuisine” that was created after the Columbian Exchange?
IX. Effects Around the Globe
How did the Columbian Exchange impact China?
Which two crops are still grown in Africa?
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