Impacts of Exchange
What is another word for exchange?
Trade
Where is the Old World?
Europe
What does the name Elmina mean?
the mine
Name 1 of the 2 changes that led to explorations around the world.
Technological and Political Changes
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The exchange of people, goods, ideas and disease between the Old World and the New World.
Where is the New World?
In what country and continent es Elmina Castle located?
Ghana, Africa
Why did Columbus originally want to sail across the ocean?
To find a quicker trade route to Asia/India.
Describe one way the Columbian Exchange had an impact on Europeans.
Many new food crops were introduced into Europe.
Name something that the Old World brought to the new world.
wheat, oats, rice, peas, bananas, coffee, sugarcane, horses, cattle, pigs, sheep, guns, metal objects, diseases
What was Elmina Castle used for?
It also had the distinction of being the first of many permanent slave factories(trading posts that dealt in slaves) that would be built along the African coast.
What three groups of people encountered one another as a result of exploration?
Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans
Describe one way the Columbian Exchange had an impact on Native Americans.
American Indians lost their lands and many lost their lives to European diseases.
Name something the New World gave to the Old World.
potatoes, corn, squashes, tomatoes, pumpkins, peanuts, cocoa, pineapples, llamas, alpacas, turkeys, hammocks
True or False: 30,000 slaves passed through Elmina Castle each year on their way to the Americas.
TRUE!!
Name 2 negative things that resulted from the 3 Worlds meeting.
various answers
Describe one way the Columbian Exchange had an impact on Africans.
Many Africans were forced into enslavement and taken to the New World to work in mines and on plantations.
Explain this sentence: "The Columbian Exchange had a huge impact on world history."
various answers
Name 1 of the three groups of people who owned Elmina Castle.
Portuguese, Dutch, and English
What year did Columbus "sail the ocean blue"?
1492