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The Columbian Exchange

– The transfer of various goods between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres – Plants, animals, germs etc that previously did not exist in one hemisphere were transferred there by the explorers and colonists

• • Europeans, from the eastern hemisphere, introduced • Horses • Cows • Pigs • • Onions Coffee beans • • Iron making technology And many diseases to the western hemisphere Germs and Diseases brought to the Americas by the Europeans Killed and estimated 60 million Native Americans