Columbian Exchange

Imagine…. Imagine the Americas without pigs and horses or even the common cold Imagine Ireland without the potato Imagine Italy without spaghetti Imagine the world without pizza OR chocolate!!!

History would be different… The spreading of ideas and culture have impacted history But the changes Columbus brought about biologically changed the world in ways scientists are still realizing and figuring out now

Without the Columbian exchange – history would be different

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Columbian Exchange the widespread transfer of animals, plants, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries www.smithsonianmag.com

Old v New New World Old World

knowledge

World map Look ROUND earth

Behaim’s globe

population

Plants

Grains New World to Old World Old World to New World Corn Wheat Oats Rice Barley

Fruits New World to Old World Old World to New World Pineapples Blueberries Avocados Grapes Citrus fruit Peaches Pears Bananas

Vegetables New World to Old World Old World to New World Tomatoes Potatoes Pumpkins Squash Sweet potatoes Peppers Beans Olives Turnips

Crops New World to Old World Old World to New World Peanuts Cacao Tobacco Vanilla Sugar Cane Coffee Beans Onions

animals

Livestock New World to Old World Old World to New World Turkeys Llamas Guinea pigs Horses Cows Chickens Pigs Goats Sheep Honey bees

disease

Disease New World to Old World Old World to New World Syphilis Small pox Influenza Typhus Measles Malaria Diptheria Whooping cough Plague

slavery

Natives

Africa

summary Chickens

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