The Columbian Exchange

The global transfer of foods, plants & animals during the colonization of the Americas The exchange of crops across Atlantic caused pops. to grow –Corn & potatoes (inexpensive & nutritious) (Amers) White Potato (Ireland) Sweet Potato (China) –Wheat (Euros) –Tomato (Amers)

Also, animals… –Horses, cattle, goats, sheep, chickens, house cats (Euro) –Turkey, gray squirrel, muskrat (Amers)

Why would the ‘Columbian Exchange’ be considered the tsunami of unintentional “bio-terrorism”??

Disease from Euros. –Measles, typhus, plague, & smallpox

The “Columbian Exchange”  Squash  Avocado  Peppers  Sweet Potatoes  Turkey  Pumpkin  Tobacco  Quinine  Cocoa  Pineapple  Cassava  POTATO  Peanut  TOMATO  Vanilla  MAIZE  Syphilis  Olive  COFFEE BEAN  Banana  Rice  Onion  Turnip  Honeybee  Barley  Grape  Peach  SUGAR CANE  Oats  Citrus Fruits  Pear  Wheat  HORSE  Cattle  Sheep  Pigs  Smallpox  Flu  Typhus  Measles  Malaria  Diptheria  Whooping Cough  Trinkets  Liquor  GUNS