1. You live in Spain in the 1500s. This week, several ships have returned from America, bringing silver to the Royal Court. The crew has also brought back some strange foods. One sailor offers you a round, red fruit. Natives in America call it a tomatl, he tells you. He dares you to taste it, but you fear it might be poisoned. Do you taste it? Why or why not?

2. SWBAT identify the Columbian exchange and the creation of Market Economies in Europe

3. Definition: The exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between Europe and the New World Europeans also introduce their culture to the new world Christianity European Languages

5. New technologies New industries Plantations system occurs Large farms

6. Brainpop, Lock and Drop it

7. What was the Columbian Exchange? What are three items Europe received from the Americas? What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on the Americas? What effect did the Columbian Exchange have on Africa?