The Columbian Exchange and the Culinary Revolution
The Columbian Exchange related to Christopher Columbus…his voyages, his discoveries, etc. Exchange things that get swapped Columbian Exchange refers to those things that went from the “Old World” to the “New World” and vice versa…
The Culinary Revolution related to the kitchen…food and recipes Revolution a radical or drastic change… Culinary Revolution refers to the dietary changes brought on by the Columbian Exchange…
Pre – 1492… Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…
Pre – 1492… Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…
Pre – 1492… Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…
Pre – 1492… Europeans (like Columbus) had never eaten…
Pre – 1492… Native Americans had never eaten…
Pre – 1492… Native Americans had never eaten…
Prediction time… On the Columbian Exchange Map: place the label “NEW WORLD” on North America place the label “OLD WORLD” on Europe
Prediction time… On the Columbian Exchange Map: Place the names of the following items on the map where you think they originated (where did they come from?) Write with a pencil so you can make corrections later Example: write the word “corn” on North or South America
Prediction time… apples - cattle - grapes avocados - chickens - gold beans - citrus fruits - grains Bubonic Plague - sugar cane - honeybees coffee - cockroaches - Influenza cocoa - Diptheria - onions horses - rats - tomatoes potatoes - turkey - tobacco Syphillis - pigs - Measles sheep - Smallpox - peanuts
Old World Foods that “moved” to the New World coffee beans root crops (turnips, carrots, & onions) grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye, & Asian rice) apples, peaches & pears grapes & bananas sugar cane citrus (lemons, limes, & oranges)
Old World Animals that “moved” to the New World cattle horses pigs sheep honeybees chickens rats cockroaches
New World Foods that “moved” to the Old World potato (various) cocoa & vanilla beans (various) avocados corn tomatoes, peppers squash & pumpkins peanuts
Old World Diseases that “moved” to the New World Smallpox (a) Typhus Diphtheria (b) Influenza (c) Measles (d) Whooping Cough Bubonic Plague (e) STDs a c b d e
New World things that “moved” to the Old World American turkeys tobacco quinine gold & silver Syphilis humans (slaves)
After 1492, the world has never been the same… total change in the human diet… incredible transfer of wealth (gold & silver) to the Old World…
After 1492, the world has never been the same… Massive movement and displacement of people… Collision of European, African and, American cultures… Destruction of most Native American cultures…
The Columbian Exchange and the Culinary Revolution