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Get a partner

Dive into the complexities of the Columbian Exchange as you partner up to share snacks and discover their historical roots. Write down your snack, your partner's snack, and their main ingredients, exploring their origins. Reflect on the hypothetical scenario of whether your favorite snack would exist without the meeting of the Old and New Worlds. Discuss the devastating impacts on Native Americans, including the introduction of diseases and livestock, and the effects of the slave trade on society and agriculture.

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Get a partner

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  1. Get a partner • And share your snacks with each other… while you eat… • On a piece of paper write down the following • Your snack, your partner’s snack & the main ingredients in each food. • What area in the world did your snack’s ingredients come from? • Think about your favorite snack… if the Old and New Worlds never met would you still have it??? • This all relates to…

  2. The Columbian Exchange The Effects of Contact…

  3. Colombian Exchange? • Christopher Columbus arriving in the “New World”

  4. East meets West • Exchange occurs not only with food but also… • Diseases • Horses • Livestock • Slaves

  5. Impact on Native Americans • 90 % Death rate among Native Americans • Natives do not have built immunity to smallpox and other diseases because they have never been exposed to them. • What do you think the consequences are of 90% of Native Americans dying are?

  6. Introduction of the Horse • The Horse is very important in the United States to increase mobility in an expansive territory. • Various native tribes adopt horses and trade for them in order to increase power.

  7. Other livestock are introduced • Pigs, Cattle, Sheep • These things allow larger settlements and population growth because hunting is a challenging and time consuming task. • Having domesticated animals means an easier source of food.

  8. Cash Crops • Crops that can be directly sold for money • Cotton • Tobacco

  9. The Slave Trade • Initially Spaniards use Native Americans as slaves but many are dying due to disease. • Slaves from Africa are not as susceptible to disease. • Slaves used to mine gold and silver • Pick cash crops

  10. Slave Trade 1500-1800: Enter….Triangular Trade The Portuguese and the Spanish start… By the end, many nations were involved in the Transatlantic Slave trade.

  11. Global Slave Trade Below: is a typical slave ship: the average space allowed a slave on board was approximately 78 inches by 16 inches.

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