The Colombian Exchange/Triangular Trade

Western Hemisphere

New World

Eastern Hemisphere

Old World

The Colombian Exchange

The worldwide redistribution of plants, animals, and diseases that resulted from the initial contacts between Europeans and Natives in the Americas.

Old world (Europe) to New world (Americas): Plants

-Rice, Wheat, Barley, Oats, Coffee, Sugarcane, Bananas, Melons, Olives, Dandelions, Daisies, Ragweed, Kentucky Bluegrass

New world (Americas) to Old world (Europe): Plants

-Avocados, Peanuts, Corn (Maize), Potatoes (white/sweet), Beans (Snap, Kidney, Lima), Cacao (Source of chocolate). 

Old world (Europe) to New world (Americas): Animals

-Horses, Cattle, Pigs, Sheep, Goats, Chickens.

New world (Americas) to Old world (Europe): Animals

Llamas, Alpacas, Guinea Pigs. 

Old world (Europe) to New world (Americas): Diseases

-Measles, Chicken pox, Smallpox, Yellow fever, Malaria, Influenza (flu), Common cold.

New world (Americas) to Old world (Europe): Disease

-Syphilis, Hepatitis, Polio, Tuberculosis.

Triangular Trade

Transferring of slaves, cash crops, and manufactured goods between West Africa, the colonies, and Europe.

Middle Passage

Referred to the shipping of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic ocean to North America and the West Indies.