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The Columbian Exchange
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Definition The Columbian Exchange is an exchange of food, plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere.
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Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere
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Foods & Plants This was here Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere
Cacao (chocolate) Potatoes Corn Sweet potatoes Squash Strawberries Peanuts Pumpkins Pineapples Beans Tomatoes This was here From Western Hemisphere to Eastern Hemisphere
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Foods & Plants Western Hemisphere Eastern Hemisphere This was brought
Apples Bananas Peaches Watermelons Grapes Oranges Rice Lettuce Sugar Tea coffee This was brought here From eastern hemisphere to Western Hemisphere
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Exchange of Animals Most of the animals came from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere.
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Diseases Effects of Smallpox Eastern Hemisphere had smallpox
Western Hemisphere had syphilis Effects of Smallpox 20,000 60,000
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Cultural Changes Europeans brought Catholicism Guns Iron tools
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