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?