Transcript The Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange
Aim/Goal: What impact did Spanish and
Portuguese explorations have on the
Western Hemisphere?
Do Now: Cortes (Spain), with only 500
followers, conquered the great Aztec
(Mexico) civilization. Why was he
considered a hero by the Europeans, but a
villain by the Aztecs? What question does
this raise about exploration.
Seeds of Change
•
•
•
•
•
Animals
Plants
Diseases
New Technologies
New peoples
New Animals in the Americas
•
•
•
•
•
•
Horse
Cox
Pig
Chicken
Rats
Bees
New plants in the Americas
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Sugarcane
Grapes
Wheat
Bananas
Coconut Palms
Coffee
Dandelions
New plants in the “Old World”
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Potato
Corn
Tomato
Sweet Potato
Cacao (Cocoa)
Pineapples
Pumpkins
“Old World” Diseases
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Smallpox
Measles
Diphteria
Chicken Pox
Bubonic Plague
Influenza
Cholera
Malaria
“New World” Diseases
•
•
•
•
Syphillis
Hepatitis
Polio
Tuberculosis
New Technologies
• Wheel
• Firearms
New Peoples
• African slaves
• Mestizos
New people brought with them new ideas
and cultures
Cultural Diffusion
• The spread of ideas, customs, and
technologies from one people to another.
• Cultural diffusion occurs through
migration, trade and welfare.
Long Term Causes:
Immediate Causes:
•God
•Europeans arrive in the Americas
•Gold
•Europeans bring new plants, animals
and diseases to the Americas
•Glory
Columbian
Exchange
Immediate Effects:
Long Term Effects:
•Spanish conquer Aztecs and Incas
•Spread of products all around the world
•Native Americans die of European diseases
•Population growth in Europe, Asia, and
Africa
•Enslaved Africans are brought to the
Americas
•American floods are introduced to other parts
of the world
•Cultural diffusion
•Migration from Europe to the Americas
•Growth of Capitalism