The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange

Why It Was Important

Columbus's Effect

• As soon as Columbus arrived in the Americas, worlds that have been separated by vast oceans for millions of years began to merge.

• Over time, a number of crops transported from Afro-Eurasia became bases of plantation agriculture throughout the Americas.
• Europeans who traveled to the Americas began exchanging goods with people there.
• Rapid multiplication of animals had an impact on the environment.
• The introduction of animals from Afro-Eurasia altered indigenous American societies by providing new sources of food and transportation.
• Sheep, cattle, and chickens were all imported to America.

Involved

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• Economies of Europe, Asia, and America exchanged.
• Afro-Eurasia and the Americas traded.
• The animals that were traded were involved in the exchange.

Why it Was Called The Columbian Exchange

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Why it Happened

The Exchange

• Named after Christopher Columbus.
• Described the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between Afro-Eurasia.

When and Where

• A trade between different continents occurred.
• They traded plants, animals, and diseases between Afro-Eurasia.
• Europeans who traveled to the Americas began exchanging goods with people there.

• Created a huge movement of people that took place after Europeans obtained sugarcane from Asia and began growing it in the Caribbean.
• Many food items were exchanged between Afro-Eurasia.
• Not everything exchanged was good.
• When Europeans arrived in America, they carried germs that could have killed Native Americans.
• The spread of Native American crops has had an enormous impact on the global population.

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• The Columbian Exchange took place after the age of exploration.
• The exchange was set in motion in 1492.
• Traded between Afro-Eurasia (Africa, Europe, and Asia).

Why It Happened

Works Cited

Beginning

• Christopher Columbus's voyages triggered the establishment of regular transatlantic trade routes linking Eastern and Western hemispheres.

• As Europe traded with the world, the global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and even diseases began.
• Christopher Columbus's trade routes triggered transatlantic trade routes.

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