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The Columbian Exchange
  • Two Worlds Meet
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Seeds of Change
  • Animals
  • Plants
  • Diseases
  • New Technologies
  • New peoples
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New Animals in the Americas
  • Horse
  • Cox
  • Pig
  • Chicken
  • Rats
  • Bees
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New plants in the Americas
  • Sugarcane
  • Grapes
  • Wheat
  • Bananas
  • Coconut Palms
  • Coffee
  • Dandelions
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New plants in the “Old World”
  • Potato
  • Corn
  • Tomato
  • Sweet Potato
  • Cacao (Cocoa)
  • Pineapples
  • Pumpkins
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“Old World” Diseases
  • Smallpox
  • Measles
  • Diphteria
  • Chicken Pox
  • Bubonic Plague
  • Influenza
  • Cholera
  • Malaria
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“New World” Diseases
  • Syphillis
  • Hepatitis
  • Polio
  • Tuberculosis
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New Technologies
  • Wheel
  • Firearms
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New Peoples
  • African slaves
  • Mestizos





  • New people brought with them new ideas and cultures
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Cultural Diffusion
  • The spread of ideas, customs, and technologies from one people to another.
  • Cultural diffusion occurs through migration, trade and welfare.
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