1. Presented By: Ms. Seawright

2. Standard 4-2.1 : Summarize the cause-and-effect relationships of the Columbian Exchange.

3. Identify resources, goods, diseases, and ideas that were exchanged between the New and Old World as part of the Columbian Exchange.
Explain the impact the Columbian Exchange had on both the New and Old Words.
Explain the similarities and differences in the British colonies including reasons for settlement, type of economic system, role of religion, and government practices.

4. Agenda For Today. Quick Activity. PowerPoint Presentation.
Interactive Map.
Interactive PowerPoint.

5. Quick Review!

6. WORD OF THE DAY!
Who was exchanging?

7. “Think About It”
What if there were no ….

8. What is The Columbian Exchange?
Voyages by Christopher Columbus to North America helped the development of the Columbian Exchange.
Exchange of plants, animals, technology, ideas and disease from the Old World and the New World.
Connected the continents in amazing ways.
This changed the lives of people in Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas.

9. How it all began… Took place in 1492.
Christopher Columbus hoped to find a faster trade route between Europe and Asia.
King and Queen loved the news Columbus bought back about the New World.
Wanted to make Spain richer and more powerful.

10. Explorers Goals.. Explore the New Land.
They found gold and excellent land to settle.
The more land each country claimed, the rich and more powerful they became.

11. What did the Old World Bring ?
European settlers introduced:
Wheat
Rice
Coffee
Horses
Pigs
Cows
Chickens
Horses improved the way Native Americans moved and hunted.

12. Native Americans taught Europeans…
How to grow:
Corn
Potatoes
Peanuts
Tomatoes
Squash.
This was all done working alongside one another.
Europeans took these crops home (Old World) and it greatly improved their diet.

13. Everything Seems Good Right???

14. There were NEGATIVE effects.

15. Negative Effects of the Columbian Exchange
European explorers conquered (took over) the native people of the new world and introduced them to Christianity.

16. Negative Effects of the Columbian Exchange.
Diseases carried by explorers and settlers killed many Native Americans.
Measles
Smallpox
Malaria
When these Native Americans passed away, the demand for African slaves increased.

17. The End.