1. Columbian Exchange Aim/Goal: What impact did Spanish and Portuguese explorations have on the Western Hemisphere? Do Now: Cortes (Spain), with only 500 followers, conquered the great Aztec (Mexico) civilization. Why was he considered a hero by the Europeans, but a villain by the Aztecs? What question does this raise about exploration.

4. Seeds of Change Animals Plants Diseases New Technologies New peoples

5. New Animals in the Americas Horse Cox Pig Chicken Rats Bees

6. New plants in the Americas Sugarcane Grapes Wheat Bananas Coconut Palms Coffee Dandelions

7. New plants in the “Old World” Potato Corn Tomato Sweet Potato Cacao (Cocoa) Pineapples Pumpkins

8. “Old World” Diseases Smallpox Measles Diphteria Chicken Pox Bubonic Plague Influenza Cholera Malaria

9. “New World” Diseases Syphillis Hepatitis Polio Tuberculosis

10. New Technologies Wheel Firearms

11. New Peoples African slaves Mestizos New people brought with them new ideas and cultures

12. Cultural Diffusion The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another. Cultural diffusion occurs through migration, trade and welfare.

13. Immediate Causes: Europeans arrive in the Americas Europeans bring new plants, animals and diseases to the Americas Immediate Effects: Spanish conquer Aztecs and Incas Native Americans die of European diseases Enslaved Africans are brought to the Americas American floods are introduced to other parts of the world Long Term Effects: Spread of products all around the world Population growth in Europe, Asia, and Africa Cultural diffusion Migration from Europe to the Americas Growth of Capitalism Long Term Causes: God Gold Glory Columbian Exchange