Columbian Exchange

What was the Columbian Exchange? The Columbian exchange describes the exchange of animals, plants, populations, ideas, and diseases after Columbus’s first voyage to the Americas in 1492. Negative Effects Diseases like smallpox wiped out the natives in Latin America. Africans were made slaves Positive Effects Multicultural societies exist in North and South America today Cattle and horses were introduced to natives Agriculture was introduce to Europeans Europeans used bananas, coffee, tobacco, and maize International commerce completely changed

Columbian Exchange

Interactions with Native Americas led to BIG cultural changes Columbian Exchange Interactions with Native Americas led to BIG cultural changes