FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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The exchange of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from Old World to New World and from New World to Old World
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The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the Old World to New World only
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The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from the New World to Old World only
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The sending of people, plants, animals, diseases and ideas from South America to North America only
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Detailed explanation-1: -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.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Columbian Exchange caused population growth in Europe by bringing new crops from the Americas and started Europe’s economic shift towards capitalism. Colonization disrupted ecosytems, bringing in new organisms like pigs, while completely eliminating others like beavers.
Detailed explanation-3: -The most devastating component of the Columbian exchange was the transfer of Old World diseases to the Americas. Among the lethal germs were smallpox, measles, mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox, typhus, and influenza.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which of the following best describes the Columbian Exchange? New plants and animals were brought to Europe and the Americas.