One of history’s great turning points!!

Exploration led to an enormous exchange of people, plants, animals, technology and ideas that would change the lives of people in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa.

Because this global interaction began with Columbus, it is called the

Columbian Exchange.

•Where did the item come from?

•Did the item come from the “New World” and shipped to the “Old World” or was the item shipped from the “Old World” to the “New World?” •You will click on the place of origin.

Corn (Maize)

Horses

Avocado

Small pox, measles, typhus

You are correct!

Squash, pumpkin

Cocoa

Pigs and cattle

Christianity

Potatoes, sweet potatoes

Peanuts

Chili peppers

Wheat

Chickens, (eggs)

Tomato

You are correct!

Sugar

Tobacco

You are correct!

Rice

Bananas

Summary—

Columbian Exchange—

What came from where List 8 things from each “world” on your paper.

Imagine Italian food without tomatoes, Mexican food with no rice and bean dish, the Irish without potatoes, chocolate without sugar. Make a list of products or foods that combine things from different continents.

Think about the effects of the Columbian Exchange. Were they all positive? How were different groups effected differently?

Click on this site to answer the question— Why did the population native Americans drastically decline in the decades following European contact?

Write a paragraph!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_Ameri can_indigenous_peoples

Pieter Aertsen, MARKET WOMAN AT VEGETABLE STAND (1567). Courtesy of WorldArt Kiosk/Kathleen Cohen.

What does this painting tell you about the effects of the Columbian Exchange on the European diet?

Remember, the populations of Europe, Africa and Asia had been devastated by the Black Plague during the Middle Ages. Check out the following web sites and write a paragraph about how the Columbian Exchange effected the “Old World” peoples.

http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jtomask/471/colexchng.htm

http://muweb.millersville.edu/~columbus/data/art/SCHWART1.ART

http://daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/potato.htm

Final Assignment: Thematic Essay Write an essay answering the question, “Why is the Columbian Exchange considered one of the largest turning points in history?” Be sure to include an introduction and conclusion.

Describe the conditions before the event, the event itself and the effects on both populations (positive and negative).