The Columbian Exchange - Farrell's Class Page · 2018-08-29 · America, the Caribbean and S....
Transcript of The Columbian Exchange - Farrell's Class Page · 2018-08-29 · America, the Caribbean and S....
The Columbian Exchange
Also known as
“The Grand Exchange”
Where two
worlds meet!!
Old World….
- all lands in the Eastern
Hemisphere (except
Australia).
-the known world to
Europeans in 1492
New World….
- land in the Western
Hemisphere including N.
America, the Caribbean and S.
America
- land unknown to the
Europeans before 1492
Christopher Columbus
- His accidental discovery
of the new world set off
an unbelievable chain of
events that have had
repercussions experienced
to this day
- the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods,
human populations (including slaves) disease, and ideas
between the Old World and the New World that occurred
after 1492.
The Columbian Exchange - defined
- It resulted in economic, political, religious and social
transformations
- Some of these adjustments were incremental, but others were
jarring, violent and even devastating
Cultural Diffusion: the spread of ideas, customs
and technologies from one people to another
Animals
Horse
Cattle
Pigs
Chicken
Rats
Bees
Goats
Sheep
Burros
Llamas
Alpacas
Turkeys
Guinea pigs
Old World to New World New World to Old World
Sugar Cane Grapes
Wheat, Oats, Barley
Bananas Coconut
Coffee Dandelions
Rice Soybeans
Melons Olives
Grapevines Clover
Peas Peaches
Pears
Lemons, Oranges, Limes
Tomato Corn(Maize)
Tobacco Peanuts
Squash Peppers
Papaya Manioc
Avocado Vanilla
Potato Sweet Potato
Cocoa Pineapple
Pumpkin
Plants/Food Old World to New World
New World to Old World
Smallpox
Diphtheria
Measles
Chickenpox
Bubonic plague
Influenza
Malaria
Cholera
Whooping cough
Common cold
Yellow Fever
Syphilis
Polio
Hepatitis
Tuberculosis
Old World to New World
New World to Old World
Disease
Wheel
Firearms
Plough
Iron working- steel
Glass
Stringed instruments
Alphabet and writing
Technology
Old World to New World
What was the long term result
of the native people of America
receiving horses and firearms
from the Columbian Exchange?
Sugar became the 2nd largest export from the new world in the 1500’s
With the depopulation of the indigenous people due to disease, what
solution was found to harvest the sugarcane crop?
What has been the long term result of slavery in the USA and Canada?
http://www.histori.ca/minutes/minute.do?id=10166
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2008/07/07/digby-slur.html
Other New World to Old World
Gold & Silver
Old World to New World
Slaves
Atlantic Slave Trade
Slave Ship Floor Plan
“Coffin” Position
Effects of Global Exchange……
- Depopulation of aboriginal people
- Displacement and dispossession of aboriginals
from their land
- Conquest and slave labor
- Exchange of culture
- Spread of European language, culture and
religion (Eurocentrism)
http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/Religion.swf
Rise of new forms of doing business
- mercantilism
- capitalism
- A dependence on certain
resources leads to struggle
and strife
- Increased demand for goods and services
- Population explosion in Europe – better food supply
- Concerns about ecology and the environment
- Migration of people
to the center of trade to
avoid persecution or
seek wealth
- Concept of liberty and freedom