THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE: Tutorial Please use the mouse to click through the slide show. Use the arrows to go back and forth between slides.

The Mariners' Museum | EXPLORATION through the AGES To further experience the effects of the Columbian Exchange click on the link below to play the two games, Merchants of the Great Exchange, and Whose Lunch is it Anyway?

DIRECTIONS 1) Read through the tutorial. You may want to take notes. Use the mouse and click on each page to be sure you are getting all of the information. Only use the arrows to move back one slide or forward one slide. 2) When you finish the tutorial, click on the link to go to the activities. 3) Follow the instructions on the activities pages.

OBJECTIVES 1) The learner will be able to distinguish between Old World and New World. 2) The learner will describe the movement that occurred between the Old World and New World between the 15 th and 17 th Centuries and track these movements using maps. 3) The learner will use the Internet to research further on the Columbian Exchange.

VOCABULARY 1) Old World : Refers to all lands in the Eastern Hemisphere (except Australia). The known world to Europeans in ) New World : Refers to the land in the Western Hemisphere including North America, the Caribbean, and South America. (Land unknown to the Europeans before 1492.) 3) Cultural Diffusion : The movement of aspects of culture from one location or group to another.

TUTORIAL Christopher Columbus was born in Italy in His family was respectable, but not wealthy and therefore, could not afford a formal education for their children. Columbus’ education was very limited. He did learn to read and write, however. He also learned the trade of weaving from his father, but was always more interested in the sea. Christopher Columbus

TUTORIAL As a teen, Columbus spent a great deal of of time sailing. His hometown, Genoa, was on the west coast of Italy, and a major port city. Ships from Africa and Asia came and went frequently. Columbus had sailed to Africa and Asia as a young man aboard merchant vessels.

TUTORIAL On his journeys as a young man, Columbus learned how to navigate by the stars, studied maps of the known world, and learned to make maps. Columbus began to be convinced that he could find a better sea route from Europe to India and the Spice Islands (Indonesia). Spice Islands Europe India

TUTORIAL In India and the Spice Islands, there were spices like pepper and cinnamon that could not be grown in Europe. The Europeans had a big demand for these items. However, spices were expensive, because the sea and land routes from Europe to India were long and dangerous.

TUTORIAL The sea route to India was established in It required sailing around the southern tip of Africa.

TUTORIAL Columbus believed that by sailing west from Europe, he could reach the Spice Islands much faster. At the time, Columbus knew the world was round, but did not know how big the earth was, or that there was a huge land mass, the Americas, to the west.

TUTORIAL In fact, before Columbus reached the Americas, there were only three known continents: Europe, Asia and Africa. At right, there is a picture of a map of the known world in Columbus’ time.

TUTORIAL Columbus set sail in August 3 of 1492 and reached land on October 12. Columbus believed he had reached the islands off the coast of China – part of the East Indies. He called the people he encountered Indians. THE AMERICAS

TUTORIAL Once Columbus returned to Europe, many expeditions soon followed. Although Columbus died believing he had reached the Indies, it was soon determined that the land he reached was a new world to the Europeans. The trade that took place between the “Old World” and the “New World” became known as the Columbian Exchange.

TUTORIAL Starting in the 1500s, the Columbian Exchange led to many changes in both the New World and the Old World. Plants, animals and diseases were carried from continent to continent. Without the work of Columbus, life as we know it could be drastically different.

The Columbian Exchange, Native Americans and the Land, Nature Transformed, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center Read Crosby’s Article on the Columbian Exchange by clicking on the link below

BIBLIOGRAPHY Information on Columbus: Photo of Columbus: Maps map.gif map.gif