https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange breakfast at susie's // Amelia Khoo, Serene Liventals, Subi Kalra Charlotte Stein, Nikita Chawla en-us 2018-11-05 04:47:06 UTC 2023-01-26 04:58:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/170811636/72ba5d391aee774f08f39c9de32d0691/Photo_on_5_11_18_at_1_05_PM.jpg ameliakhoo https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300312671 https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/nunn_qian_jep_2010.pdf

- "European contact enabled the transmission of diseases to previously isolated communities."
- Europeans brought smallpox & measles to Native America.
- They also brought syphilis home with them.
- Native populations were defenceless
- "Although we may never know the exact magnitudes of the depopulation, it is
estimated that upwards of 80–95 percent of the Native American population was decimated within the first 100–150 years following 1492 (Newson, 2001)."
- Regions lost almost 80% of their populations.]]> 2018-11-05 04:50:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300312671 chawla775485 https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300312737 Columbian exchange brought
- horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and other usual species to the americas .
https://www.ncpedia.org/anchor/columbian-exchang
-"With the exception of Llamas, Alpacas, and Guinea Pigs the New World had very few domesticated animals"
https://prezi.com/9iwzptqqomgy/animals-of-the-columbian-exchange/
-1493: "Pigs were brought to the New World from the Old World on Columbus' second voyage to the West Indies. Eurasians would've cared less about pigs, but the Americans were grateful for them as they were shipped off in boats"
- caused epidemics and medical travesties, they are important (and overpopulated)
-"Thanks to the earthworm, America has amazing soil and all sorts of different environments exist for plants to grow. An accident caused their arrive, but their job certainly wasn't a mistake. "
-horses were very important-
https://www.sutori.com/story/animals-and-the-columbian-exchange


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Between the 16th and 19th century,  more than 12 million Africans were shipped to the Americas due to high demand for labor there

Colonists travel to Americas]]> 2018-11-05 04:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300312808 liventals43853 https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300313100 From Europe to America
- Pigs, horses, cattle, chickens, sheep, honeybees, bananas, sugarcanes, olives, citrus fruits, coffee beans, peaches, pears, apples, carrots, grapes, lettuce, cabbage, onions, soybeans,
grains
wheat, rice barely oats rye
weeds (no juuling pls)
crabgrass, dandelions, thistles, wild oats.
diseases
lots, small pox, malaria, etc.
From America to Europe
- corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, squash, cassava, tomatoes, pineapples, avocados, peanuts, cashews, cacao, vanilla, chili peppers, sunflowers, tabacco, quinine, turkeys.
beans
kidney, navy, lima.
sources:
http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/64/180964-004-208B24D4.jpg

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OLD WORLD TO NEW WORLD
SUGAR CANE - (1493) Spanish brought to Mexico and Peru, grew very fast
BANANAS - (1516) Southeast Asia to Caribbean Islands, grew very fast because of climate, spread throughout New World
WHEAT - (1535) Peru, some wheat grains in barrel of rice, were planted and in 4 years bread was made in Peru
COFFEE BEANS - (1668) from Amsterdam to France, then transported to South Africa, within 50 years, 18 million trees

NEW WORLD TO OLD WORLD
MAIZE - (1492) Christopher Columbus discovered in Cuba, important for raising livestock and planting where other crops can't grow
PINEAPPLE - (1493) brought to England by Columbus
TOMATOES - (1521) Mexico City to Europe, important in Spain and Italy
POTATOES - (1536) Americas to Spain, added vitamins and variety to European's diet]]> 2018-11-05 04:53:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300313123 kalra34283 https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300315612 2018-11-05 05:08:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ameliakhoo/columbianexchange/wish/300315612