The Columbian Exchange- 1- The Columbian exchange changed the way we eat because now we have way more food possibilities. The new world and the old world food can now be combined to make even more possibilities. It changed the way we live in the aspect that it spread diseases. There is a lot of cereal in my house‚ without the Columbian exchange‚ perhaps that wouldn’t be the case because a lot of cereal is derived from corn. Nutrition wise it can go either way (being healthy or not healthy).
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3. result of epidemics=increased raiding of enemies d. Not total destruction i. Paul Kelton and the “Four Nations’” response in the South III. European response: epidemics as the Hand of God IV. The Columbian Exchange a. The “biological consequences” of 1492: disease and new crops/animals i. From Old World to New: disease‚ wheat‚
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The Columbian exchange was the trade of raw materials‚ plants‚ culture and many other things from the Western Hemisphere to the Eastern Hemisphere and vice versa. Lets break it down by the effects on the West and East. In the West‚ the main groups of people were Native american tribes. European explorers unwittingly brought along plague and small pox which killed off most natives over several decades. European explorers also brought along their techniques of farming‚ hunting‚ fighting‚ city building
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oceans. According to document 4 the Europeans started to adventure out to the rest of the world. Many aspects of this exchange had positive effects‚ such as the exchange of foods between Europe and America‚ there were also negative effects‚ such as the exchange of diseases between Europe and America. In document 6 A shows a negitve effect of the age of exploration and the Columbian exchange because a great amount of the Native American population went down when then Europeans arrived at the new world because
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The Columbian Exchange Disease and warfare wiped out more than 90 percent of the Indian tribes of the Arawak and Taino as well as the Mayan people in the 1500’s. “These demographic disasters – far more devastating even than the bubonic plague in Europe – were part of what historians call the Columbian Exchange.” According to the authors‚ however‚ this event also “transformed the economies and environments of all four continents.” This would certainly affect trade‚ transportation‚ and population
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During 1492 to 1750‚ the Columbian Exchange had demographic and environmental effects on the New World and Old World had similar yet different effects on each other. Effects were how the Old World and New World brought plants and animals to each other and made different uses with them‚ but also had different effects on there population. Different effects on the Old and New World made both have different outcomes with their population and way of life. When the Old World brought to the New World
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Reflection of The Columbian Exchange Crosby‚ Alfred W. “ The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492.” Duke University Press‚ 2003 Before reading this book‚ when I think of the Columbian Exchange‚ a song/poem I had to memorize in elementary school about Christopher Columbus comes into my mind. “ In 1492‚ Columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ he had three ships and left from Spain‚ he sailed through sunshine‚ wind and rain” I see Christopher Columbus setting sail to find
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The Columbian Exchange was an exchange of commodities and livestock between the Native Americans‚ the Europeans‚ and the Africans after 1492 C.E. within the New World. When the Europeans and Africans began exploring this new world‚ there were a multitude of new plants‚ animals‚ and germs which were exchanged. This exchange caused massive devastation for the Native Americans as these natives had no antibodies to the diseases brought over by the Europeans and Africans. Along with this exchange came
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more stuff Agriculture: Many of the plant foods we take for granted came from the Columbian Exchange. The one everyone talks about is the potato and its effect on Ireland. Feed corn is another New World plant. If we look at the effect of the potato and corn on Europe and America (European culture in the New World) we see that these two starches made possible an explosion in the numbers of humans and domestic animals the culture could support. In his book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond
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Zoe Danticat Saint Saviour High School AP World History. The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange (1450-1790)‚ or the Age of Exploration‚ was the interaction of goods‚ people‚ and diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres. The discovery of the Western Hemisphere by Christopher Columbus had a drastic impact on people’s lives throughout history and even modern day. The consequences of the Colombian Exchange on the lives of people were; widespread decrease in Native populations‚ the
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