The Columbian Exchange

Warm Up: What happens when you mix blue and red paint? Yellow and red paint? Can you get back the original colors? What specific things might the two different colors of paint represent when dealing with the first interactions between natives and Europeans in the New World?

Video Notes Create the chart below on the LEFT-side of your notebook under the starter journal to take notes while we watch the video. Write down as many details as you can get from the video. New World (Americas) Old World (Europe)

Post-Video Reflection What did you fill in on your chart? Observations from video? New World -> Old World (Americas) -> (Europe) Old World -> New World (Europe) -> (Americas)

Basic Definition – Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange represents the movement of plants, animals, diseases, and people between Europe, the Americas, and Africa following Columbus’ discovery of the New World.

New World to Old World - PLANTS pumpkins peanuts maize (corn) potatoes beans squash tobacco cacao (source of chocolate)

New World to Old World - ANIMALS llamas alpacas guinea pigs turkeys

New World to Old World - DISEASES Hepatitis Polio Tuberculosis

Old World to New World - PLANTS rice melons wheat barley oats coffee sugarcane bananas

Old World to New World - ANIMALS horses cattle pigs sheep goats chickens

Old World to New World - DISEASES measles chicken pox smallpox yellow fever malaria influenza (flu)

Effects of the Columbian Exchange Both hemispheres were introduced to new foods and animals that changed entire societies. Potatoes and corn became major food sources for Europeans allowing populations to increase greatly.

Effects of the Columbian Exchange (Continued) The introduction of pigs, cows, and horses gave new food sources and new animals for the Native Americans to use. The diseases the Europeans brought with them killed up to 90% of the Native Americans in the New World.

Effects of the Columbian Exchange (Continued) European conquest of the Native Americans was made easy by the effect disease had on the Natives.