1. The Columbian Exchange
1492

2. “Before 1492, there were no tomatoes in Italy, no chocolates in Belgium, no potatoes in Ireland, no oranges in Florida, and no cattle in Texas.”

3. The Columbian Exchange was the global diffusion of plants, food crops, animals, human populations, and disease pathogens that took place after the voyages of Christopher Columbus and other European mariners. It has both positive and negative consequences for the global world.

4. Chart

5. New World Old World Domesticated Animals Domesticated Plants Turkey
Cattle
Sheep
Pigs
Horses
Domesticated Plants
Corn
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Peanuts
Vanilla
Beans
Cacao
Pineapple
Tobacco
Peppers
Sweet Potatoes
Squash
Pumpkins
Honeybees
Sugar Cane
Bananas
Grapes
Citrus Fruits
Onions
Olives
Turnips
Coffee Beans
Peaches, Pears
Grains: Wheat, Rice, Barley, Oats

6. What were the three most used food commodities and its uses?

7. What were the effects of new foods on people as a result of the exchange?
Europeans:
Introduction of new foods
Varied diet
Population increases in Europe
New markets for trade
Colonization increased power and role as world leader
Africans and Natives:
Introduction of new foods and animals
Forced labor
Atlantic Slave Trade and migration of peoples
Exposure to pathogens causing disease
Loss of autonomy and land

8. Brainstorm the positive and negative effects the Columbian Exchange had on the peoples in the Americas and the rest of the world.
Write a summary.

9. DBQ Activity
Using the documents, analyze how early Europeans responded to food items of the New World.

10. Document 1 Comparison to Andalusia, plants, the set up villages, fish
Observations on the beauty
Expecting to find many herbs

11. Document 2 Unbiased Observations about meal ingredients
Meals includes starch, vegetable, protein

12. Document 3 Manioc aka Yuca (not Yucca Tree) or Cassava
Native shrub/root to tropical regions
Used as a carbohydrate
Eaten boiled, deep fried or in stews

13. Document 4 Manioc is poisonous Must be boiled so it is safe to eat
Similar to other foods that are dangers unless prepared specially.
Mushrooms
Almonds
Potato and Tomato seeds

14. Possible groupings
Observations of land and meal ingredients (doc 1 &2) & New Crops (doc 3&4)
Similar to home food (doc 1 &2) & different to home food (doc 3 & 4)
Neutral (doc 2), Positive (doc 1 &3), Negative (doc 4)

15. Rachel Sarah O’Toole
Assistant Professor of History, School of Humanities
University of California, Irvine Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001, History M.A., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996, History B.A., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1992, History & Latin American Studies
Academic Focus:
Colonial Latin America, the Andes, African Diaspora,
Atlantic world, history of race, gender