Columbian Exchange
What are the main outcomes of the Columbian Exchange? (at least two)
What are introduction of new crops, spread of diseases, and population growth (and decline)?
What were some of the most important crops and animals exchanged between the Old and New Worlds?
(name two animals and two crops)
Food: Maize (corn), Potatoes, Tobacco, Peanuts, Rice, Coffee, Cotton
Animals: Horses, Pigs, Chickens, Sheep
What role did Africa play in the Columbian Exchange, particularly in terms of the transatlantic slave trade?
supplied enslaved labor, creation of the "Middle Passage", huge population decline (10-20% died on "Middle Passage")