USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As Europeans traversed the Atlantic, they brought with them plants, animals, and diseases that changed lives and landscapes on both sides of the ocean. These two-way exchanges between the Americas and Europe/Africa are known collectively as the Columbian Exchange.

Detailed explanation-2: -The historian Alfred Crosby first used the term “Columbian Exchange” in the 1970s to describe the massive interchange of people, animals, plants and diseases that took place between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres after Columbus’ arrival in the Americas.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Columbian Exchange was more evenhanded when it came to crops. The Americas’ farmers’ gifts to other continents included staples such as corn (maize), potatoes, cassava, and sweet potatoes, together with secondary food crops such as tomatoes, peanuts, pumpkins, squashes, pineapples, and chili peppers.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Columbian Exchange is the term given to the transfer of plants, animals, disease, and technology between the Old World from which Columbus came and the New World which he found. Some exchanges were purposeful-the explorers intentionally brought animals and food-but others were accidental.

Detailed explanation-5: -Q: Which animals were brought from Europe to America in the Columbian exchange? During the Columbian exchange, the Europeans brought with them a host of animals to America which included horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, chickens, pigs, and cattle.