1. We will NOT be having a test before the end of the 1st quarter!
This means we only have two formal grades for the 1st quarter:
-Unit 1 Test
-Magellan Packet
*Each is worth 32.5% of your total grade! (65/2)

2. Columbian Exchange

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

4. 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

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

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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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)

12. 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!

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

14. 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