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    Overall the Columbian exchange is an unbalanced system‚ in which Native Americans were more greatly impacted. Afro-Eurasians provided cattle and horses (which produced war and famine)‚ weeds (which destroyed natural flora and fauna)‚ diseases (which decimated ninety percent of the population) and slavery (which introduced racial discrimination); and in turn the Americas provided silver (which enabled Spain to become a global superpower)‚ corn and potatoes (which re-shaped the Afro-Eurasian diet)

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    the spaceship. Most of the spaceship’s systems are powered by the sun’s radiation. Freshwater and clean air will be continuously recycled 24/7. Not only do you have to think about all the things you will need to survive‚ you have to consider the consequences of those things in terms of the wastes created and recycled. The crew are constantly engaged in managing the resources as carefully as possible.

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    Graded Assignment Document-Based Question: The Columbian Exchange Submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date to receive full credit. (45 points) 1. To complete this Graded Assignment‚ retrieve the Columbian Exchange DBQ. Use this document with its essay instructions and the DBQ Checklist to complete this DBQ essay. Please consult the rubric throughout the process. Using the documents‚ analyze the costs and benefits of the Columbian Exchange on the New World. What additional kind of documents

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    The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of agriculture‚ livestock‚ food‚ religious ideas‚ diseases‚ and evidently slaves between the New World and Old World after 1492. This exchange between the two worlds was brought on by the “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492. This ecological change resulted in the introduction of new vegetation and animals to the New and Old Worlds as positive effects of this grand exchange‚ but the negative effects include the new

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    The Columbian Exchange was a time when global diffusion of plants/crops‚ animals‚ human populations‚ and disease took place after voyages of exploration by European mariners. The Columbian Exchange effected both Europe and America from 1492-1750 in a similar way because they gained new resources and gave resources to each other; however‚ they differ in that Europe was affected in a greater quality‚ and America was affected in a more unfavorable way. The plants/crops that Europe received from America

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    Impact of the Columbian Exchange The flow of Diseases from east to west The biggest impact of the Columbian Exchange after the new diseases in America. When American arrived from Bering land bridge between 15‚000 years before‚ they also brought diseases to west. By 1492‚ some of the disease were emerged like smallpox‚ cough and influenza in Americas. Many People were affected by epidemic in areas of Mexico and Peru by which about millions of people lost their lives. Most of the American population

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    be shared‚ I believe that the cost of the Colombian Exchange outweighed the good. The Colombian Exchange had many negative aspects and effects due to the Exchange. Evidence of this can be found in Document 4‚ where it displays the decrease of American lives between 1500 and 1600. The number of people living in the Americas decrease from 25 million to 1 million people (approximately). This supports my claim that the cost of the Colombian Exchange outweighed the good‚ because this showed that due to

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    The Columbian Exchange considerably changed nearly every society in the world from flowing an abundance of new livestock and crops that increased the world human population‚ but also carried deadly diseases that demolished many civilizations. So‚ how did disease impact the New World? There are many reasons as to how disease impacted the New World and brought many people into serious danger; for example: lack of sanitization‚ weak immunity‚ and lack of vaccination. Diseases that expanded throughout

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    In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus navigated in order to gain the resources and find a brand new way to Asia‚ accidentally discovered “new” lands in the Americas. And then‚ other European countries followed his step and started the and invasion and exploration. Columbus sailed and found that the European colonists and explorers sounded the horn first‚ encouraging them to set off a wave in succession to the new world‚ thus opens the process of human globalization. Countries such as Spain‚ Portugal‚ Italy

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    The development of American civilisation in the New World is a result of the Native American and African black labourers. Forced to surrender to Spanish authority‚ examine the social consequences of the Columbian exchange. Needing labourers to excavate mines‚ work in textile factories‚ sugar plantations and farms‚ the Spanish and Portuguese employed the Native Americans and Africans. Considered dispensible‚ many natives died at an early age either because of the newly introduced diseases or the

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