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Columbian Exchange
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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!!!
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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
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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 th centuries
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Old v New New World Old World
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knowledge
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World map Look ROUND earth
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Behaim’s globe
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population
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Plants
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Grains New World to Old World Old World to New World Corn Wheat Oats
Rice Barley
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Fruits New World to Old World Old World to New World Pineapples
Blueberries Avocados Grapes Citrus fruit Peaches Pears Bananas
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Vegetables New World to Old World Old World to New World Tomatoes
Potatoes Pumpkins Squash Sweet potatoes Peppers Beans Olives Turnips
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Crops New World to Old World Old World to New World Peanuts Cacao
Tobacco Vanilla Sugar Cane Coffee Beans Onions
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animals
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Livestock New World to Old World Old World to New World Turkeys Llamas
Guinea pigs Horses Cows Chickens Pigs Goats Sheep Honey bees
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disease
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Disease New World to Old World Old World to New World Syphilis
Small pox Influenza Typhus Measles Malaria Diptheria Whooping cough Plague
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slavery
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Natives
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Africa
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summary Chickens
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