The Columbian Exchange
What moved from the Americas to Europe?
- Potatoes - Corn - Tuberculosis - Syphilis
What evidence of humans was found near Clovis New Mexico?
- Spear tips (clovis points) - Mammoth skeleton with spear tip in it Proved how long
What environmental issues did the Europe have in 1941?
- Deforestation - Overfishing - Clogged rivers
What did the Americas eat in 1441?
- Fish - Fruit - Potatoes - Corn
What domesticated animals did Europe have in 1441?
- Horses - Cattle - Sheep - Goats - Pigs
How did the Native Americans adapt to their environment?
- Hunted food that was near them - Grew crops - Built home to shelter themselves from the climate - Wore animal skins to keep themselves warm from the cold
What were the negative impacts of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?
- New diseases - Diseases killed many people - Labor shortage - Created slave culture
What were the positive impacts of the Columbian Exchange on the Americas?
- New foods - New animals for food and work - Grew the population
What were the positive impacts of the Columbian Exchange on Afro-Eurasia?
- New foods - Trade - Better diets
What moved from Europe to the Americas?
- The Big 5 Animals - Wheat, barley, rye - Smallpox - Measles, mumps, whooping cough, influenza, chicken pox, typhus
What were the negative impacts of the Columbian Exchange on Afro-Eurasia?
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Why did AfroAsia and the Americas develope different kinds of diseases crops and animals?
Afroeurasia and the Americas were split apart when Pangea was split, so they were isolated from each other, creating two biological worlds.
How did corn and potatoes impact the development of the American civilizations?
Corn and potatoes with the main source of food for the American civilizations. The mississippians developed corn from a Mexican wild grass called teosute. Corn took a thousand years to develope and was an important crop because it led to success and great culture. The Incas developed the potato a thousand years ago fro, the tiricaka plant.. The potato spread to Europe and became a main source of food, alonfg with corn.
How did Europe hunt in 1441?
Hunted: - Sport - Food
What is the leading theory of how humans migrated to the Americas?
In the last ice age, the PaleoIndians migrated to the Americas from Afro-Eurasia from the landbridge between Alaska and North America.
What did Europe eat in 1441?
Motivations: - Riches - More land for Spain - To spread Christianity - Resources The Europeans needed more space and resources because they faced deforestation aand overfishing.
What was the motivation for European exploration? What did the Europeans deal with that cause you to need more space and resources?
Motivations: - Riches - More land for Spain - To spread Christianity - Resources The Europeans needed more space and resources because they faced deforestation aand overfishing.
What environmental issues did the Americans have in 1441?
None
How did the Americas hunt in 1441?
Respectfully hunted - Food - Clothes
What domesticated animals did the American have in 1441?
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