Columbian Exchange by Megan Chan https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b Megan, Saskia, Mikela, Sarah en-us 2017-11-01 05:57:20 UTC 2025-05-16 14:07:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Diseases chan46085 https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388331
Infectious diseases spread from the Old World to the New World 

Native populations had no knowledge of the diseases of the Old World, so they were defenseless and fell ill quickly 

Before Europeans started the Columbian Exchange, people of Americas lived without any diseases

Animals like rats helped to carry diseases around 

Over the years, more and more diseases evolved and became more life threatening. 

80% or more percent of the Native Americas population decreased when diseases were spread. 

Syphilis got spread to the Old World from the New World

]]> 2017-11-01 06:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388331 Animals hilty772348 https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388401 Animals had a large impact in carrying and spreading diseases. (For instance, during the Bubonic Plague, the fleas originally caused the disease.  However, the rats were the animals that really spread it.).
Asia was one of the main suppliers of meat and animal products in the Columbian Exchange.  These may have included cows, horses, sheep, roosters, rats, and pigs.
"Livestock introduced to the Americas changed indigenous groups’ ways of life."
The livestock that was brought over and bred caused a surplus of food; this food was also good for protein and helping local people maintain a better diet. 
Fish were also a very good animal for selling and a good/easy thing to catch in large bunches. 
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]]> 2017-11-01 06:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388401 Plants SaskiaDykes https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388410 -the old world gained crops and plants such as potatoes; sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava.
-Less calories filled foods like tomatoes, chilli peppers, cacao, peanuts, and pineapple were introduced. Old World countries Italy, Greece and other Mediterranean countries.
-Tobacco was anew world crop
-In some parts of the world tobacco was adopted as a source of currnecy. -The exchange also drastically increased
the availability of many Old World crops, such as sugar and coffee, which were he availability of many -Old World crops, such as sugar and coffee, which were
particularly well-suited for the soils of the New World
-Population and urbanization was increased because of the introduction of potatoes 
the trading of foods and cuisine between countries helped bring the world together and helped expand trade
-New and healthier foods were introduced to other countries

http://aida.wss.yale.edu/~nq3/NANCYS_Yale_Website/resources/papers/NunnQianJEP.pdf]]> 2017-11-01 06:03:58 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202388410 Cuisine munasinghe44353 https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202389275 "America's vast contribution to Afro-Eurasia in terms of new plant species and cuisine, however, transformed life in places as far apart as Ireland, South Africa, and China" (4).
Potatoes and maize became primary food sources in much of southern Africa and had strong impacts in improving the food supply and in promoting population growth in Eurasia. 
"While maize and potatoes had the greatest world historical importance of the American crops, lesser crops made their marks as well" (5). These crops include peanuts and cassava, which is a food item that is Africa's main nutrition source as we speak.
 ]]> 2017-11-01 06:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202389275 Impact on Modern World munasinghe44353 https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202389786 Allowed the worldwide exchange of disease, crops, and animals to be made possible. It's air transport allowed the spread of insects and diseases that wouldn't easily survive longer, slower trips. Modern transport carries on in the tradition of Columbus by promoting a homogenisation of the world's plants and animals. It also affected the new world by exposing Native Americans to disease against which they had not developed resistance. New animals were also introduced and the exchange greatly contributed crop plants to the Old World, which allowed global population to rise. ]]> 2017-11-01 06:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202389786 Summary hilty772348 https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202390749 The New World was the victim of new diseases (brought from Europe) the locals did not know how to combat these diseases. The European peoples overall brought new and different goods to the new places they visited and colonised in. ]]> 2017-11-01 06:28:05 UTC https://padlet.com/chan46085/b04zp3eqnu9b/wish/202390749