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
What does
this painting
tell you about
the effects of
the
Columbian
Exchange on
the European
diet?
Pieter Aertsen, MARKET WOMAN AT VEGETABLE STAND (1567). Courtesy of WorldArt
Kiosk/Kathleen Cohen.
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).