THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Last week we learned about the global exchange of goods, ideas, people and diseases known as the Columbian Exchange. There were both positive and negative effects. The disease that came from Europe were killed many of the Native Americans. Some of the Europeans believed that God was killing them and that meant that they were supposed to be there. Be sure to check out your chart in the notebook as well as page 71 in the text to see the many different items that were 'exchanged'. The contact between Europe and the Americas changed the world!
Want a Brave Achievement card? Comment below explaining which one of the exchanged items surprised you the most. Be sure to give details on why it is such a surprise.
10 comments:
The fact that there were no cows in the midwest or any of America at all before the Europeans came! No steaks in Nebraska! What?
I was the most surprised that bananas weren't in the Americas until the Columbian Exchange brought them there. This is because when I think of bananas I think of South America, not the Eastern Hemisphere!
I was really suprised to find out that they didnt have the common cold in North America. It seems all around us now.
i fail to understand how peaches didnt start in North America...so when did Georgia become the peach state?
Kaylie, Check it out..
http://gapeaches.org/about/rich-history-of-ga-peach
I found it! Peaches originally were planted in St. Augustine FLA. Franciscan monks then introduced the humble peach to St. Simons and Cumberland islands along Geogias coast in 1571! Thank you for the link Mr. Meyers!
Wow, no potatoes in France. So, french fries were Native American fries first. Hmmm.....interesting.
im surprised we did'it have cows yet and what page was math on i forget
I felt bad for the Europeans because they didn't have chocolate
- Cam Ostergaard
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