The Columbian Exchange

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• the diffusion of computer viruses worldwide brought on by the arrival of the Internet

• the search for a westward ocean passage from Europe to Asia for use in obtaining silks, spices, and other highly desired goods

• the widespread exchange of plants, animals, ideas, technology, cultural practices, and diseases between the Old World and the New World

• the triangular trade of enslaved people, manufactured goods, and natural resources between Africa, Europe, and the New World

Why were plants and animals in the New World so different from anything European people had ever seen?

• The New World had been isolated from the rest of the world.

• Only the Americas had experienced the Ice Age.

• The climate was very different in the New World than in Europe.

• The indigenous people brought plants and animals with them when they migrated across the land bridge.

How did the isolation of the New World impact the way of life of the indigenous people in the Americas?

• They developed very different agricultural practices, beliefs, and cultural practices than European people.

• They developed very similar agricultural practices, beliefs, and cultural practices than European people.

• They developed a way of life that was much more advanced than that of European people.

• They had developed their own written language that European people could not understand.

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = corn, squash, and beans

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = guns and metal cookware

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = potatoes and sweet potatoes

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = horses

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = tobacco

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = coffee beans

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers

Determine whether each product traveled from the Old World to the New World or from the New World to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange. PRODUCT = pigs, chicken, and cattle

• The New World to the Old World

• The Old World to the New World

• Both of these answers

• Neither of these answers