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The Columbian Exchange
A Story of Geography, Trade, & the Migration of Goods & People
Cory May - 4/18/2011
What was the Columbian Exchange?
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.
Two Different Worlds: Native Crops
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
Two Different Worlds: Native Animals
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
Two Different Worlds: Diseases
OLD WORLD
Plague Chicken Pox Cholera Influenza Malaria Measles Smallpox Typhoid Scarlet Fever Leprosy Common Cold
NEW WORLD
Syphilis Yaws
To Europe
•Maize (Corn)•Potatoes•Sweet Potatoes•Tomatoes•Turkeys•Sugarcane, Cacao, & Tobacco – processed & sent back to Europe from the Americas
To the Americas
•Horse•Cattle/Cows•Sugarcane, Coffee•Pigs•Chickens•Wheat•Goats & Sheep•All Old World Diseases•Honey Bees•Citrus Fruits•Stone Fruits
To Africa & Asia
•Peanuts•Cassava (Manioc/Yucca)•Sweet Potatoes•Chili & Paprika•Maize (Corn)•Vanilla•Cacao•Rubber
Benefits of the Exchange
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
Negatives of the Exchange
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
Facts of the Columbian Exchange
For facts and further information on the Columbian Exchange we will visit: http://www.shmoop.com/columbian-exch
ange/
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