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Columbian Exchange

Columbian Exchange. Ms Biegner. On Page 26 of your INB…. Divide page in half For each half- pick a favorite meal, then list ingredients to make that meal On the next page, use the chart to determine which side of the Columbian exchange your ingredients come from

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Columbian Exchange

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  1. Columbian Exchange Ms Biegner

  2. On Page 26 of your INB… • Divide page in half • For each half- pick a favorite meal, then list ingredients to make that meal • On the next page, use the chart to determine which side of the Columbian exchange your ingredients come from • Use Atlas on pg if you have issues reading the board • Was this dish possible before Columbus?

  3. Columbian Exchange

  4. On page 27 of your INB • At the top: define Columbian Exchange • Use map in Atlas on pg to create exchanges chart (you have more room if you turn your book sideways) • Divide exchanges into categories: plants, animals, people, disease, ideas. • Which had the greatest impact on society? • Potatoes, corn, slaves, Christianity, horses, cows, pigs and smallpox

  5. Bellringer Which area had the most slaves from Africa?

  6. Columbian Exchange- Disease • Smallpox, among other diseases such as measles, mumps, and chicken pox, killed between 80% and 90% of Native populations within the first 150 years of contact. In most regions colonized it was 100%. • This created a shortage of labor. • Where would the Europeans get labor from? • But first, why did they need labor?

  7. Environmental Impact • Largest industries- sugar cane farming and silver/gold mining • Required large amounts of timber- boiling sugar, melting silver/gold • Labor was hard and had high mortality rate • Needed a constant stream of labor to replenish those who died

  8. The Middle Passage

  9. Slave Trade

  10. On page 28 of your INB… • The ‘discovery’ of America by Columbus and the ensuing exchange of plants, goods, people, ideas, etc is considered to be the most important event in history. • Write a two paragraph essay that explains (from your notes) why this event is so important to history.

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