1. DECEMBER 5, 2016
Get out sheet of notebook paper and pencil Columbian Exchange TEST FRIDAY EXAM EXEMPTION DEADLINE 12/13

2. Colombian Exchange
Exchange of goods from the Old World to the New World and vice versa
Trade of plants, animals, people, and disease

3. Choose the 6 most important items from each “world”

4. 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

6. Triangular Trade Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Based on mercantilism
Encouraged the Colombian Exchange

8. 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.

10. Columbian Exchange Crash Course