columbian exchange—the exchange of animals, plants, people, culture, and disease after 1492

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Animal Site of Domestication Horse Western Asia Turkey Mexico/U.S. Cattle Europe, Asia, N. Africa Llamas Peru Pigs China Sheep Iran Goats Iran Chickens India Alpacas Peru Guinea Pigs Peru Camel Saudi Arabia

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“It was the greatest destruction of lives in human history.” -George Lovell. Zoonotic Diseases : Infectious diseases that spread from animals to humans. -SMALLPOX -MEASLES -COMMON COLD -MALARIA -INFLUENZA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Columbian Exchange—the exchange of animals, plants, people, culture, and disease after 1492

Animal Site of DomesticationHorse Western Asia

Turkey Mexico/U.S.

Cattle Europe, Asia, N. Africa

Llamas Peru

Pigs China

Sheep Iran

Goats Iran

Chickens India

Alpacas Peru

Guinea Pigs Peru

Camel Saudi Arabia

Page 2: Columbian Exchange—the exchange of animals, plants, people, culture, and disease after 1492

Columbian Exchange—the exchange of animals, plants, people, culture, and disease after 1492.

“It was the greatest destruction of lives in human history.”-George Lovell

-SMALLPOX-MEASLES

-COMMON COLD-MALARIA

-INFLUENZA

Zoonotic Diseases: Infectious diseases that spread from animals to humans.

Page 3: Columbian Exchange—the exchange of animals, plants, people, culture, and disease after 1492

"By reuniting formerly biologically

distinct land masses, the Columbian

Exchange had dramatic and lasting

effects on the world.“

--JR McNeill