Journal 42 - “The Impact of Trade”

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SSWH10 The impact of the age of discovery and expansion into the Americas, Africa, and Asia.
b. Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact.

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42) JOURNAL ENTRY, “The Impact of Trade”
Essential Question – How does the Columbian Exchange and the Triangular Trade impact the New World?

·       On the Right Side
1) Complete Guided Reading 20.4, “The Columbian Exchange and Global
Trade”.

·       On the Left Side-
1) First Define Columbian Exchange
2) Then create a graphic organizer that symbolizes what took place during this
exchange. Draw two blocks on your page; (symbolizing The Americas and
Europe/Africa.)
3) Draw arrows between the two blocks showing what was exchanged between the
two during Columbian Exchange.

·       At the bottom of the page draw three blocks that symbolize the Americas, Africa, and Europe. Draw arrows to show what was exchanged during the Triangle Trade.
   (Make sure you indicated what the Middle Passage was and mark it on your triangle trade map)

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The Spanish offered many wonderful things that Native Americans found useful or beautiful — iron for tools, weapons, glass beads, mass produced pottery — but the most prized possession of many Indians was the horse.

The Columbian Exchange refers to a period of cultural and biological exchanges between the New and Old Worlds. Exchanges of plants, animals, diseases and technology transformed European and Native American ways of life. Beginning after Columbus' discovery in 1492 the exchange lasted throughout the years of expansion and discovery.

When Europeans first touched the shores of the Americas, Old World crops such as wheat, barley, rice, and turnips had not traveled west across the Atlantic, and New World crops such as maize, white potatoes, sweet potatoes, and manioc had not traveled east to Europe. In the Americas, there were no horses, cattle, sheep, or goats, all animals of Old World origin.