Important test Flashcards
What separates the western and eastern hemisphere
Prime meridian
What state didn’t have oranges before the Colombian exchange
Florida
Columbia had no what before the exchange
coffee
What country had no cattle before the exchange
Texas
Switzerland had no what before the exchange
Chocolate
What physical things did they exchange
animals, plants, diseases and weapons
The conquistadors created contact between who and who
European’s and the native American’s
What animals did the old-world exchange to the new world
Horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens,
What animals did the new world give to the old world
Lamas, alpacas, guinea pigs
What plants did the new world give to the old world
Potatoes, corn, tomatoes, Tabacco, beans
What plants did the old world give to the new world
Sugar, wheat, coffee, apples, oranges
What diseases did the old world give to the new world
Measles, small pox, chicken pox, yellow fever, malaria, influenza, common cold
What diseases did the new world give to the old world
Syphilis, hepatitis, polio, tuberculosis
Smallpox killed what percentage of native Americans within 100 years of the European’s landing on Plymouth
90%
What cultures traits did the old-world pass to the new world
Religion and language
