DECEMBER 5, 2016 Get out sheet of notebook paper and pencil Columbian Exchange TEST FRIDAY EXAM EXEMPTION DEADLINE 12/13
Colombian Exchange Exchange of goods from the Old World to the New World and vice versa Trade of plants, animals, people, and disease
Choose the 6 most important items from each “world”
Impact of Columbian Exchange Altered the biodiversity of the world Brought disease that wiped out Native populations Increased population of the Americas and the world as a whole Increased agriculture in the New World Encouraged Triangular Trade and the Atlantic Slave Trade
Triangular Trade Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas Based on mercantilism Encouraged the Colombian Exchange
Impact of Age of Exploration on World History Native populations ravaged by disease. Influx of gold, and especially silver, into Europe created an inflationary economic climate. [“Price Revolution”] New products introduced across the continents [“Columbian Exchange”]. Deepened colonial rivalries.
Columbian Exchange Crash Course https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQPA5oNpfM4&t=395s