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1 The Columbian Exchange

2 Definition The Columbian Exchange is an exchange of food, plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the eastern hemisphere and western hemisphere.

3 Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere

4 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

5 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

6 Exchange of Animals Most of the animals came from the Eastern Hemisphere to the Western Hemisphere.

7 Diseases Effects of Smallpox Eastern Hemisphere had smallpox
Western Hemisphere had syphilis Effects of Smallpox 20,000 60,000

8 Cultural Changes Europeans brought Catholicism Guns Iron tools


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