Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange and
Consequences

JOHNSON HIGH

WORLD HISTORY

DEFINITION

1. The Columbian Exchange is an: exchange of food,
plants, animals, diseases, and cultures.

HOW?

● Christopher Columbus, Italian, sailed with three boats to

discover a faster route to China.

● Instead, stumbled upon some small islands in where he

thought he had landed in India (because the natives looked
Indian).

SO?

Rather than finding a route to China, he is credited with the
discovery of America. This helped fuel exploration and
exploitation. Found gold and riches; plus, an abundance of
new plants and foods starting the exchange.

1.What was Columbus’ original intention? What
did he want to find but what happened instead?

A: To find a faster route to China or Asia and
instead he accidentally landed in the Americas
where he thought he landed in India (that’s why
they called them Indios).

Western Hemisphere

Cacao (chocolate)

Potatoes

Corn

Sweet potatoes

Squash

Strawberries

Peanuts

Pumpkins

Pineapples

Beans

Tomatoes

Eastern Hemisphere

Apples

Bananas

Peaches

Watermelons

Grapes

Oranges

Rice

Lettuce

Sugar

Tea

coffee

1.What was Columbus’ original intention? What
did he want to find but what happened instead?

A: To find a faster route to China or Asia and
instead he accidentally landed in the Americas
where he thought he landed in India (that’s why
they called them Indios).

1.What came out of the Columbian Exchange?

A: It was the exchange of food, plants, animals,
diseases, and cultures and new foods were being
traded and introduced.

Age of Discovery

Hernan Cortes vs. The Aztecs

Francisco Pizarro vs. The Incas

Gold
God
Glory

IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY!

Started colonies where people moved to the
new lands to link trade and resources to
mother country. Depended on gold and silver.

IT WAS ALL ABOUT
CONVERTING!

Catholic missionaries converted and
baptized hundreds of thousands of Native
Americans. This culture governed daily
life.Mestizo mix.

IT WAS NOW ALL ABOUT

SLAVERY FOR THE

MONEY AND RESOURCES

THE AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE (1860): MIDDLE PASSAGE

“THEY CAME SWARMING UP, LIKE BEES FROM THE OPENING OF A HIVE,
TILL THE WHOLE DECK WAS CROWDED TO SUFFOCATION, FROM STEM
TO STEM. AFTER ENJOYING FOR A SHORT TIME THE UNUSUAL LUXURY
OF AIR, SOME WATER WAS BROUGHT; IT WAS THEN THAT THE EXTENT

OF THEIR SUFFERING WAS EXPOSED. THEY ALL RUSHED LIKE

MANIACS TOWARDS IT. THERE IS NOTHING FROM WHICH SLAVES, IN
THE MID-PASSAGE, SUFFER SO MUCH, AS WANT OF WATER. WENT TO
THE POOR CREATURES WERE ORDERED DOWN AGAIN, SEVERAL OF
THEM CAME AND PRESSED THEIR HEADS AGAINST OUR KNEES, WITH
LOOKS OF THE GREATEST ANGUISH AT THE PROSPECT OF RETURNING

TO THE HORRID PLACE OF SUFFERING BELOW.”