The Columbian Exchange Flashcards
1
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What is the Columbian Exchange?
A
The transfer of animals, plants, culture, diseases, population, technology, and ideas between the American and Afro-Eurasian hemispheres in the 15th and 16th centuries
2
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Disease exchange
A
Measles and smallpox introduced; the new world was relatively healthy than europe but they did not have immunity so their population were quickly decimated
3
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What liveshock was exchanged?
A
To Old World: Turkey
To New World: goats, sheep, cattle, pigs, and chickens
4
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What crops did the Americas give?
A
Tomato, pumpkin, chile peppers, sweet potatos, beans, peanuts, maize, cassava
