Columbian Exchange

Who do you think this man was?

Answer explanation

Christopher Columbus

The people in Europe exchanged things with people in America.

What do you think the word exchange means?

• To trade back and forth

• To steal from someone

• To hide something

• To lie about something

Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans "Indians"?

• He thought he was in India

• That's what he called everyone

• It was Italian for "strangers"

Is America in the "New World" or the "Old World"?

• New World

• Old World

Where does the word "Columbian" come from?

• The Italian word for coffee

• Christopher Columbus

• It means "trade" in Latin

• Ms. Swanda made up the word Columbian

Sheep, cows, horses, grapes, and apples all came from Europe! Do we still use any of these things today? If so, what do you use today?

Influence (AKA the flu) didn't exist in America before Christopher Columbus and other Europeans came to America. This made a lot of Native Americans get sick and die.

Does this still affect you today?

True or False: There were Good AND Bad Impacts of the Columbian Exchange

• True

• False

What are 3 things you learned from this video?