Columbian Exchange: The Americas (North, South, and Central)

An political impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• In the Americas there was a loss of political power and destruction of culture of First Nations People due to conquest by Asians like the Chinese.

• In the Americas there was a boost of political power and as people like the Inca sailed to Europe and took over places in Europe like England.

• In the Americas there was a boost of political power and as people like the Inca sailed to Asia and took over places in Europe like China.

• In the Americas there was a loss of political power and destruction of culture of First Nations People due to conquest by Europeans like the Spanish.

An political impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• First Nations People across the Americas (North, South, and Central) were completely wiped out and there are no remnants of these pre-Columbian people left. .

• First Nations People across the Americas (North, South, and Central) are still fighting to regain their rights after the collapse of their pre-Columbian governments.

• There were no people in the Americas (North, South, and Central) before the European arrival so people like the English saw the development of the first governments in the Americas.

• First Nations People across the Americas (North, South, and Central) are the dominate group in power in places like the United States and Brazil.

A cultural impact of the Columbian Exchange in Europe is that...

• Christianity is now the dominant religion in the Americas, in part because temples were destroyed by Spanish Conquistadors.

• Buddhism is now the dominant religion in the Americas, in part because temples were destroyed by warrior monks.

• Islam is now the dominant religion in the Americas in part because temples were destroyed by Ottoman Janissaries.

• Hinduism is now the dominant religion in the Americas in part because temples were destroyed by the Sepoy army.

A cultural impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• The Americas had better access to Asia, and as a result he result of the Mandarin Chinese language to be spread to Europe and be the official language in multiple nations in the Americas to this day.

• The Americas had better access to Asia which allowed for religions to spread and Buddhism to become the most popular religion in American nations like Mexico and Brazil to this day

• African culture was brought to the Americas by slaves creating new languages like Creole spoken on islands across the Caribbean to this day.

An economic impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• The Americas used mercantilism to divert wealth to other places in the Europe, Africa, and Asia into Europe, making the Americas very wealthy.

• American port cities were taken over by Asian Empires, making people like the Inca Empire lose control of its economy.

• American nations gained wealth as American Empires like the Inca took control of trade routes and began to grow rich off of taxing Asian and European nations.

• Sugar plantations were built in the Americas, changing the entire economic structure of places like Brazil to rely on sugar production to this day.

A demographic impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• There was a spread of disease from the European to nations across the Americas which resulted in a massive population loss across the entire American continents (possibly up to 90%).

• There was a higher population in the Americas because of an introduction of new foods from Asia that were nutritious and easy to grow, like the potato, with the result of less starvation.

• There was a massive depopulation in the Americas due to slaves being take from the nations of the Americas to work on sugar plantations in places in Africa like Nigeria.

• People from the Americas, like the Inca and Maya, start living in European nations like England and France in large numbers completely changing the look and genetic makeup of modern Europeans.

A demographic impact of the Columbian Exchange in the Americas is that...

• Old World peoples begin to live in the Americas: Europeans (Conquistadores, Settlers), Africans (Slaves), Asians (Laborers) completely changing the genetic makeup of the Americas.

• Australians like the Arrernte and Gunggari start living in port cities of the Americas, like New York, completely changing the genetic makeup of the Americas.

• There was a huge population boom for the people from the Americas like the Aztecs and Mayans, because new foods from Europe prevented starvation.

• People from the Americas, like the Inca and Maya, start living in Asian nations like India and China in large numbers completely changing the look and genetic makeup of modern Asians.