1. A Story of Geography, Trade, & the Migration of Goods & People Cory May - 4/18/2011

2.  A widespread exchange of plants, animals, cultures, humans (free & slave), diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World  Essentially started after Christopher Columbus’ “discovery” of the Americas in 1492.

4. OLD WORLD  Citrus Fruits  Apples  Bananas  Mangoes, Watermelons  Grapes  Onions  Coffee  Wheat  Rice  Cinnamon  Almonds, Walnuts  Oats, Barley  Tea  Soybeans, Lettuce NEW WORLD  Maize  Tomatoes  Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes  Cassava (Manioc/Yucca)  Vanilla  Para (Rubber Tree)  Cacao – Chocolate  Tobacco  Chili Peppers, Paprika  Beans  Wild Rice  Strawberries  Sunflower

5. OLD WORLD  Horses  Camels  Chickens – Eggs  Cows – Milk, Cheese  Goats – Milk, Cheese  Pigs  Sheep  Geese  Cats (Domestic)  Donkey  Honey Bee NEW WORLD  Alpacas  Llamas  Guinea Pigs  Turkeys  Minks

6. OLD WORLD  Plague  Chicken Pox  Cholera  Influenza  Malaria  Measles  Smallpox  Typhoid  Scarlet Fever  Leprosy  Common Cold NEW WORLD  Syphilis  Yaws

7. To Europe Maize (Corn) Potatoes Sweet Potatoes Tomatoes Turkeys Sugarcane, Cacao, & Tobacco – processed & sent back to Europe from the Americas

8. To the Americas Horse Cattle/Cows Sugarcane, Coffee Pigs Chickens Wheat Goats & Sheep All Old World Diseases Honey Bees Citrus Fruits Stone Fruits

9. To Africa & Asia Peanuts Cassava (Manioc/Yucca) Sweet Potatoes Chili & Paprika Maize (Corn) Vanilla Cacao Rubber

10.  Exchange of Food Sources – New Growing Regions for Crops  Increase in Human Population from new crops/goods  World Connections Flourish  People Migrate to Different Continents  Cultures Intermingle/Spread Across the World  Trade Flourishes – New goods & routes

11.  Many die from the transmission of new diseases, mainly Native Americans  Opens up the world to slavery, the slave trade takes off after the start of this exchange  Stability on one crop: ex: the Potato and the Irish Potato Famine

12.  For facts and further information on the Columbian Exchange we will visit:  http://www.shmoop.com/columbian-exchange/ http://www.shmoop.com/columbian-exchange/