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The Columbian Exchange & Triangle Trade . Age of Exploration. The Columbian Exchange. What was the Columbian Exchange???. Columbian Exchange = the exchange of goods from Americas to Europe & from Europe to America – new plants, animals, crops, foods, disease, technology, and ideas
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The Columbian Exchange & Triangle Trade Age of Exploration
What was the Columbian Exchange??? • Columbian Exchange = the exchange of goods from Americas to Europe & from Europe to America • – new plants, animals, crops, foods, disease, technology, and ideas • This kind of exchange is called cultural diffusion • Influx of food results in population growth, especially in Europe • Influx of disease results in decline in population in the Americas
What was exchanged??? • from Americas: corn, potatoes, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, squash, beans, pineapples, tobacco, chocolate, quinine • from Europe: wheat, melons, grapes, bananas, coconut, coffee, sugar cane, honeybees, olives, onions, horses, cattle, firearms, smallpox, whooping cough, malaria, measles
The Triangle Trade Middle Passage **lower mortality rate**
What was the Triangle Trade??? • Triangular Trade: network of trade between the Americas, Europe and coastal Africa
