1. The Columbian Exchange and the Culinary Revolution

2. The Columbian Exchange
related to Christopher Columbus…his voyages, his discoveries, etc.
Exchange
things that get swapped
Columbian Exchange refers to those things that went from the “Old World” to the “New World” and vice versa…

3. The Culinary Revolution
related to the kitchen…food and recipes
Revolution
a radical or drastic change…
Culinary Revolution refers to the dietary changes brought on by the Columbian Exchange…

4. Pre – 1492…
Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…

5. Pre – 1492…
Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…

6. Pre – 1492…
Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…

7. Pre – 1492…
Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…

8. Pre – 1492…
Native Americans had never eaten…

9. Pre – 1492…
Native Americans had never eaten…

10. Prediction time… On the Columbian Exchange Map:
place the label “NEW WORLD” on North America
place the label “OLD WORLD” on Europe

11. Prediction time… On the Columbian Exchange Map:
Place the names of the following items on the map where you think they originated (where did they come from?)
Write with a pencil so you can make corrections later
Example: write the word “corn” on North or South America

12. Prediction time… apples - cattle - grapes avocados - chickens - gold
beans - citrus fruits - grains
Bubonic Plague - sugar cane - honeybees
coffee - cockroaches - Influenza
cocoa - Diptheria - onions
horses - rats - tomatoes
potatoes - turkey - tobacco
Syphillis - pigs - Measles
sheep - Smallpox - peanuts

13. Old World Foods that “moved” to the New World
coffee beans
root crops (turnips, carrots, & onions)
grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye, & Asian rice)
apples, peaches & pears
grapes & bananas
sugar cane
citrus (lemons, limes, & oranges)

14. Old World Animals that “moved” to the New World
cattle
horses
pigs
sheep
honeybees
chickens
rats
cockroaches

15. New World Foods that “moved” to the Old World
potato (various)
cocoa & vanilla
beans (various)
avocados
corn
tomatoes, peppers squash & pumpkins
peanuts

16. Old World Diseases that “moved” to the New World
Smallpox (a)
Typhus
Diphtheria (b)
Influenza (c)
Measles (d)
Whooping Cough
Bubonic Plague (e)
STDs a c b d e

17. New World things that “moved” to the Old World
American turkeys
tobacco
quinine
gold & silver
Syphilis
humans (slaves)

18. After 1492, the world has never been the same…
total change in the human diet…
incredible transfer of wealth (gold & silver) to the Old World…

19. After 1492, the world has never been the same…
Massive movement and displacement of people…
Collision of European, African and, American cultures…
Destruction of most Native American cultures…

20. The Columbian Exchange and the Culinary Revolution