FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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It disrupted their trade practices.
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It increased their wealth.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cattle became important in indigenous American society for meat, tallow, hide, and transportation. To support their own settlements, Europeans also brought wheat, barley, rye, sugar, bananas, and citrus, among other crops-and this changed the economy.
Detailed explanation-2: -The impact was most severe in the Caribbean, where by 1600 Native American populations on most islands had plummeted by more than 99 percent. Across the Americas, populations fell by 50 percent to 95 percent by 1650. The disease component of the Columbian Exchange was decidedly one-sided.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did the Columbian Exchange affect the Americas? Domesticated animals from the Old World greatly improved the productivity of Native Americans’ farms. Native Americans suffered massive causalities from Old World diseases such as smallpox.
Detailed explanation-4: -The exchange introduced a wide range of new calorically rich staple crops to the Old World-namely potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava. The primary benefit of the New World staples was that they could be grown in Old World climates that were unsuitable for the cultivation of Old World staples.