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Exploring the Impact of the Columbian Exchange

Get ready for bellwork today by reading the "Columbian Exchange" handout. Highlight, annotate, and answer questions about the interaction between the Taino and Columbus' crew, the Columbian Exchange, the conquest of the Americas by Europeans, diseases' impact on Native populations, problematic Old World plants/animals in the New World, the shift to using Africans as slaves, and a critical thinking prompt. Explore how the Columbian Exchange shaped world history.

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Exploring the Impact of the Columbian Exchange

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  1. BELLWORK • For bellwork today, you will read the “Columbian Exchange” handout. This is yours to keep, so as you read highlight/annotate, then answer the following questions: • Explain the interaction between the Taino and Columbus’ crew. • Define the Columbian Exchange. • How were Europeans able to conquer the Americas so easily? • Why were New World natives so susceptible to disease? How did diseases affect their populations? • Which old world plants/animals created problems for the New World? • Why did Europeans start using Africans as slaves instead of natives? • THINKER: In your opinion, was the Columbian Exchange more of a positive or negative development in world history? Explain!

  2. ColumbianExchange • Columbian Exchange: Exchange of animals, plants, cultures, slaves, and diseases between the New World and the Old World. • Traded crops and livestock • Diseases, especially smallpox, killed 50-90% of Native populations. • First appearance of African slaves

  3. Old World Native Plants • Citrus, apple, banana, mango, rice, wheat, coffee, and onion.

  4. New World Native Plants • Corn, tomato, potato, vanilla, rubber, cocoa, and tobacco.

  5. Smallpox

  6. Exploration Mini-Project • You will now work on the information side of your exploration mini-project. • Follow the guidelines on your instruction sheet.

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