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Get a partner

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?

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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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