Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Oct. 10, 2007 The Columbian Exchange

1. What three types of organisms were “exchanged” between the old and the new worlds?



Fowl, turkey, and llama



2. Before the Columbian Exchange there were no (fill in the blank with a well-known product associated with the listed geographic place):


Oranges in Florida



Irish patatoes in Ireland



Horses on the Great American Plains


Bananas in Ecuador


Cattle in Texas


Chocolate in Switzerland


3. What were the three main motives or reasons Europeans started to explore the world?
Religous beliefs,

4. List three old world crops that came to the new world.

White patatoes, sweet patatoes , and various squashes


5. List three new world crops that came to the old world.


cotton, beans , and strawberries


6. List three old world animals that came to the new world.


Chickens, Cattle, and Black rats


7. List three new world animals that came to the old world.


Turkeys , Alpacas , and llama


8. List three old world diseases that came to the new world.


Small poxs, Malaria , and yellow fever


9. List three new world diseases that came to the new world.


yellow fever, yaws , and syphilis