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    peanuts‚ sweet potatoes‚ and tobacco. On his second sail to the islands‚ Columbus brought back saplings of the plants and animals with him. This sparked new global trading known as the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox‚ corn‚ and horses all had a big impact on the world after being spread through the Columbian Exchange. Smallpox was the deadliest disease that was brought from the Old World to the New World. Smallpox

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    World History 12 September 28‚ 2012 Columbian Exchange The tomato was originally cultivated by the Aztecs in Central America‚ and has historic origins that can be traced back to around 700 A.D. They were also known to be native to western South America. It was during the 16th century that the Europeans were introduced to this fruit when the early explorers set tail to discover new lands. In 1519‚ Cortez brought tomato seeds back to Europe where they planted as ornamental curiosities but didn’t

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    The Negative and Positive Effects of Tourism Submitted by Arianne Smith DeVry University Tourism Management‚ Warren John Fall 2011 Abstract The current research paper covers the main effects of global tourism‚ both positive and negative. International tourism is a significant sector of business. For some countries it is one of the main sources of national income. The most important positive economic effects of tourism are as follows: increase in budget revenues‚ production expansion‚ stimulation

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    1.What was the Columbian Exchange? IMAGES 2-9 The Columbian Exchange was a complex and impactful movement of diseases ‚ like smallpox‚ influenza‚ and other silent killers‚ and people across the Atlantic. This exchange took place from 1430-1600. The Columbian Exchange also included foods of the Western Hemisphere ‚ like maize‚ pirates‚manioc‚ and sweet potatoes. Manufactured goods like mirrors‚ books‚ dishes‚ and playing cards were also exchanged. The Columbian Exchange also influenced population

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    6/13/13 The Positive and Negative Effects of Media A community of people who love to write The easiest domain name (Note the .ORG) - Absolutely Free! ALL Categories HEALTH EDUCATION FINANCE TECH Home | Submit Articles | Login WOMEN ENTERTAINMENT TRAVEL NEW MEMBERS: • Sign-up • FAQ MEMBERS: • Submit Articles • Login CATEGORIES: • C areers • Education • Entertainment • Finance • Food • Health • Issues • Men • Nature • Others • Pets • Politics • Relationships • Religion • Sales-Marketing

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    he Columbian Exchange is best known for the exchange of goods between the new and old worlds across the Atlantic Ocean. This exchange impacted major changes among the Indians‚ Africans‚ and Europeans. After it was confirmed that a new world existed‚ explorers began making their way to the new world. The Old world refers to Asia‚ Africa‚ and Europe. The New World refers to mostly North and South America. Columbus first made a discovery in 1492‚ but he is not sure to be the first to visit the Americas

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    Mariah Johnson Dr. Beaujot Final: Part 2 14 December 2012 The Columbian Exchange‚ which started mostly after 1492 when Columbus traveled from the Old World to the New World‚ can be defined as the time when various items such as plants‚ technologies and food were carried from the New World to the Old‚ and vice-versa. The potato is a great example of the Columbian Exchange‚ seeing as how it was carried from the New World to the Old World‚ and had a significant impact on Europe‚ as well as other

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    collided after 1492‚ dramatic events would occur that would reshape the regions and the people in them. While there are many important events that occurred‚ mostly all of them can be organized into the category “Columbian Exchange”. The Columbian Exchange was a dramatically widespread exchange of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ human populations (including slaves)‚ communicable diseases‚ and ideas between the Old World and the New World. It is one of the most important events concerning culture in recorded

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    Turkeys Cattle Llamas Pigs Alpacas Sheep Guinea Pigs Goats Chickens Plants The Columbian Exchange Alfred W. Crosby a historian at the University of Texas in Austin created the term The Columbian Exchange in 1972. The term describes the history of the trading from the New World to the Old World. The Columbian Exchange started after Christopher Columbus’ voyage in 1492. It was an exchange of animals‚ plants‚ culture‚ communicable diseases and slaves between the Americas‚ Europe and

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    Columbian Exchange History of the American Indian Columbian Exchange On Christopher Columbus’s second trip he brought items with him from Europe. He planned to colonize the “New World”. This is what started‚ what is called the “Columbian Exchange”. The term Columbian Exchange came from Alfred W. Crosby in 1972‚ a social historian. Some of those items he brought were different types of livestock like; horses‚ pigs‚ cattle‚ sheep‚ goats‚ chickens and dogs. The livestock that

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