FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Horses are still used for transportation in many parts of Europe
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Corn remains a staple of many North American diets
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Smallpox can now be prevented with a vaccine
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Spanish is the main spoken language many South American countries
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Detailed explanation-1: -This included the rise of the Atlantic slave trade and other labor systems. The Columbian Exchange also had some unintentional but devastating results due to the transfer of diseases. Horrific epidemics, some far worse than the Black Death in both their severity and lasting effects, were enabled by exchange.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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.