Columbian Exchange Flashcards

Flashcards about the Columbian Exchange, focusing on its definition, outcomes, and impact.

What is the Columbian Exchange?

The exchange of diseases, food, plants, and animals between the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) and the New World (Americas).

What was a significant outcome of the Columbian Exchange?

It allowed for massive intercontinental trade and agricultural shifts.

What contact allowed for the Columbian Exchange?

Contact between the New World and the Old World.

What was a negative aspect of the Columbian Exchange?

The transfer of diseases such as malaria, measles, and smallpox.

Why were diseases particularly devastating to Native Americans during the Columbian Exchange?

Native Americans often did not have immunity, leading to widespread disease and death.