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Columbia Exchange. The. By Karen Phillips. What Do You Like to Eat?. And what do your favorite foods have to do with Columbus?. Do Now. Are you an Old or New Worlder?. In your notebook, make 2 lists:. three things you ate yesterday. 2) some of your favorite foods. Vocabulary.
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Columbia Exchange The By Karen Phillips
What Do You Like to Eat? And what do your favorite foods have to do with Columbus?
Do Now Are you an Old or New Worlder? In your notebook, make 2 lists: three things you ate yesterday 2) some of your favorite foods
Vocabulary Old World Eastern Hemisphere: Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia New World Western Hemisphere: North and South America • animals of a • particular region flora - plants of a particular region fauna
Vocabulary, cont. exchange- to give and receive indigenous - - native to a region; place article originated
Considering the vocabulary we just reviewed, what do you think the phrase Columbia Exchange (CE) refers to? • CE refers to the exchange of • plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between the Old and New Worlds. Take a moment and think, then write down: What event do you think initiated the CE? Source:Columbia Exchange.http://daphne.palomar.edu/scrout/colexc.htm. [Accessed May 21, 2006].
Reflection and Connection What initiated the CE? • The CE began when Columbus arrived in the Caribbean. • His arrival brought Europeans and New Worlders into contact with one another. • Knowingly and unknowingly, Americans and Europeans began exchanging ideas, diseases, animals, and plants.
Learning Objective Students will understand that • Old World exploration of the New World led to the exchange of ideas, diseases, flora and fauna.
Map of the world as Europeans knew it in the 1500's.Granger Collection
Some historians argue that • the five items of exchange that have had the most far reaching impacts were: • corn • potatoes • horses • disease • sugar cane
Since A.D. 1492 the world’s population increased 4-5 times. An improvement in the food supply, since the Columbia Exchange, made this population increase possible. Native American food plants made the most significant addition to the world’s food supply. Plants that were indigenous to the Americas that made a great difference are: Corn - Maize
The potato was indigenous to South America. By 8000 B.C., 10,000 years ago, high in the Andes mountains, Native Americans were cultivating potatoes. With the CE, the potato became a cheap food for sailors returning to Europe from America. In Europe, the potato was able to grow in poor soils and in cold weather, so it became a very popular farm crop. Potatoes
The Potato The potatoes that Europeans brought back to Europe provided food for thousands of poor workers in Europe. These workers then helped fuel the industrial revolution in Europe. To this day, the potato continues to be one of the major sources of food calories in the world.
Guess, and code with the acronym “OW” or “NW,” the hemisphere in which the following plants, animals, diseases, and ideas were indigenous before the CE. Group Work
Classify OW or NW pumpkins apples coffee banana vanilla tomatoes peanuts lettuce sugar rice
Fauna Indigenous to the New World llama, dog, turkey
Fauna Indigenous to the Old World • cows/beef; chicken/eggs; pigs/pork/bacon; sheep/lamb; honeybees/honey; black flies
What Do You Like to Eat? • Look back at the lists you made of what you recently ate and some of your favorite foods. • Code each food, OW or NW, depending on which continent your food was indigenous. Some foods will be both OW and NW. • Count up how many OWs and NWs you have. • Are you an Old Worlder, a New Worlder, or a combination of both worlds?