Columbian Exchange

The exchange of products & ideas

between theOld World & New World

The Columbian Exchange• “It was named after

me, of course, because I started the exchange of goods between the Old & New Worlds”

Where in the World?

• Is this the Old World or the New World?

Where in the World?

• Is this the Old World or the New World?

List as many of the products

that went from the New World

to the Old World

due to the Columbian Exchange

Corn, Tobacco,

Potatoes, and Bullion

came to the Old World

List as many of the products

that came from the Old World

to the New Worlddue to the

Columbian Exchange

Christianity, Horses, Cattle,

and Diseasescame to the New World

The Columbian Exchange led to…

C.R.O.P.S.

C. Cash crops

• Cash crops were grown in the Americas

• Cotton, tobacco, coffee, & sugar

R. Racial Slavery of Africans

O. Oh No!

• What happened to the Native Americans?

P. Plantation

• Plantation system to grow the cash crops

S. Slavery

• Slavery is the moral disease that is a product of the Columbian Exchange!

How were people’s lives changed

in the New World as a result of the

Columbian Exchange?

How were people’s lives changed

in the Old World as a result of the

Columbian Exchange?