SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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What was the period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds called? The exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life.
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Isolationism
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Columbian Exchange
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Nationalism
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Command Economy
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The Columbian Exchange-the interchange of plants, animals, disease, and technology sparked by Columbus’s voyages to the New World-marked a critical point in history. It allowed ecologies and cultures that had previously been separated by oceans to mix in new and unpredictable ways.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.
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