USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The European desire to find new water routes to China lead to the discovery of the New World and, subsequently, the Columbian Exchange. Many of the same plants that were taken back to Europe from the America found their way into China, as well. Tea, silk, and spices from China were in great demand in Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -Before Europeans initiated the Columbian Exchange of germs and viruses, the peoples of the Amer-icas suffered no smallpox, no measles, no chickenpox, no influenza, no typhus, no typhoid or parathyroid fever, no diphtheria, no cholera, no bubonic plague, no scarlet fever, no whooping cough, and no malaria.”

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The columbian affected China by the trade of silver that ended up making silver the currency in some places. In early 1570s, the Ming chinese government. Changed that all domestic taxes and trade fees must be paid in silver rather than gold and copper.