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Columbian Exchange

Based on the picture and map below, what do you think the Columbian Exchange was? (Answer on your paper)

What was the “Columbian Exchange”? Question #1 & #2 What was the “Columbian Exchange”? The exchange of plants, animals, and ideas between the Old World and New World -Significantly changed the lives of people living in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas

Europeans bring crops to the Americas Question #3 TROPICAL: (Grew well in warm climates) Bananas Sugarcane Oranges Grapes Onions Wheat (Bread) Coffee Rice

Europeans also brought domesticated animals to the Americas Question #4 Europeans also brought domesticated animals to the Americas Cows Goats Sheep Horses Pigs Chickens

Accidental exchanges also occurred Question #5 Accidental exchanges also occurred Rats hid on ships Europeans carried diseases like measles, influenza, and smallpox 90% of Native American populations were killed by these diseases

Europeans bring back new crops and foods from the Americas Question #6 Europeans bring back new crops and foods from the Americas Tomatoes Cocoa (Chocolate) Potatoes Corn (Maize) Pineapples Peanuts Turkeys Tobacco

Question #7 Cultural Diffusion Not just foods and crops were exchanged, but also ideas and technology Europeans brought Christianity to the Americas -90% of South America -77% of North America Languages: -English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Dutch Technology: -Guns, metal, the wheel, horses

Question #8 Mercantilism- When a government controls all economic activity in its colonies to make the government stronger and richer European countries would grow “cash crops” in the New World and then ship them back to Europe for profit These require a large supply of workers which created a demand for slavery Columbian Exchange Video

Question #9 Plantations European countries started to establish plantations in the Americas to bring raw goods back to Europe -Cotton, sugar, rubber, tobacco (cash crops)

Let’s Make a Deal The class will be divided in half by the Atlantic Ocean -Europe -The Americas When it is time to trade, trade for your favorite foods Only 1 to 1 trades or 2 for 2 trades!

What are your favorite foods? Where did they come from? How did the Columbian Exchange impact your diet?

If you are a Native American and have an X on your card, then you caught a disease and died Remember, 90% of the Native American population was killed by diseases brought by the Europeans