Transcript columbian exchange

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COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE FOLDABLE
Quote From Christopher
Columbus
“At daybreak great multitudes of men came to the shore, all
young and of fine shapes, very handsome; their hair not
curled but straight and coarse like horse-hair, and all with
foreheads and heads much broader than any people I had
seen; They came loaded with balls of cotton, parrots,
javelins, and other things too numerous to mention; these
they exchanged for whatever we chose to give them.
Saturday, 13 October. [1492]”
COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
• The exchange of plants, animals, goods,
diseases, and ideas between the Old World
and the New World.
• European Exploration of the world
• Quest for God, Gold, Glory
• Empire building
• Discovery of the Americas
• Colonization of the Americas by Spain and Portugal
• Introduction of European culture, goods, people,
diseases, and ideas to the Americas.
EFFECTS
•Millions of Native Americans died due to diseases
•African slaves are brought to the Americas.
•Economy changed –cash crops– growth of sugar
cane plantations
•Food choices expanded world wide
•European culture changed language and religion of
Latin America
•Blending of Native American, European and African
ethnic groups and culture.
Columbian Exchange Leads to Slave
Trade
Step 1
Native Americans had no resistance to
European diseases.
Step 2
Small pox, malaria, measles, and the
flu killed million.
Step 3
Native American population
dramatically decreases.
Step 4
Europeans need labor to cultivate new
crops, but there aren’t many natives
left.
Step 5
Europeans look to Africa and begin to
import slaves.