Columbian Exchange: Chocolate (Interaction between humans and the environment) Chocolate orginated in central and South America from the cacao tree (pronounced "ka-kow"). The earliest use and cultivation of the cacao tree has been dated as far back as 1400 B.C. in Honduras‚ by the Olmecs. Chocolate was initially made into a type of beverage called xocolatl by the mesoamerican people‚ a nahuatl word meaning "bitter water" due to the cacao tree’s bitter taste when unfermented. Chocolate
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John Rolfe is best known for his marriage to Pocahontas‚ but his greatest contribution to the new world would be introducing tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. Although the Indians had already cultivated tobacco‚ Rolfe introduced a sweeter form in Virginia that he imported from Trinidad‚ whose tobacco was considered superior to the Indian variety (Horn‚ 2011). His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land
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The Columbian Exchange was the period of of cultural exchange between the New World and Old World‚ many of these exchanges were of plants‚ animals‚ and different technologies that changed the way of life for both the Native American and Europeans. The exchange began after Columbus’ discovery in 1492‚ and lasted through the years of discovery and expansion. Mcneill explains‚ “The Columbian Exchange has led many countries to advance in agricultural production
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Exchange is change. Rapid‚ brutal‚ beautiful‚ hurtful‚ colorful‚ amazing‚ unexpected‚ overwhelming and most of all constant change. Change in lifestyle‚ country‚ language‚ friends‚ parents‚ houses‚ school‚ simply everything. Exchange is learning to trust. Trust people‚ who‚ at first‚ are only names on a piece of paper‚ trust that they want the best for you‚ that they care. Trust‚ that you have the strength to endure a year on your own‚ endure a year of being apart from everything that mattered to
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The Columbian Explosion Imagine everything you know about America today. Think of the foods‚ the animals‚ the annoying sickness we all get come wintertime - and then imagine knowing that most of those things were not supposed to be on this land. Because of The Columbian Exchange‚ America and Europe were able to transfer good‚ and bad‚ commonalities amongst each other‚ and the end result was both unifying‚ and catastrophic. Most people would be surprised to learn that the “classic American hamburger”
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Encarta. February 20‚ 2005. www.Encarta.com Koontz‚ R.‚ Coe‚ M.D (2002). Mexico: From the Olmecs to the Aztecs. Tom Doherty Associates‚ Inc. Miller‚ Richard (1986). The Structure of Music; System and Art of Tonal Technique‚ Berklee Press. Pre-Columbian Music: Aztec Music‚ February 23‚ 2005. http://history.smsu.edu/jchuchiak/HST%20350--Theme%203--Aztec_music.htm
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Being an exchange student has given me the chance to now spread out my opinions of a foreign country. And this may catch the attention of those who are also deciding upon taking the same sweet challenge‚ just as I did. I consider someone lucky when he or she gets the opportunity to live a fascinating experience one year abroad. I had the chance to live this experience in a little town called Horton‚ located in Alabama. An experience like this forces you to live so many different moments I was surrounded
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Pre-Columbian America There is no certain answers as to how pre columbian natives got to America. There are many theories based on hard evidence. The Paleo-Indians‚ archaeologists refer to as the first americans. At this point there was no official scripture in their society. Paleo Indians seemed to have paved the way for many other cultures to settle. All though in many cases these native settlers were very different from one another‚ they also had a plethora of similarities. Most of the
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The Columbian mammoth weighed 11 tons‚ during the last ice age‚ it was known for traveling through North America. New studies show that the Columbian mammoth might be from the same species as the Eurasian steppe mammoth. This new study shows that these two mammoths were both once the Eurasian steppe mammoth instead of being ancestors. The steppe mammoth had more adaptations to living in the cold weather. Mammoths first started roaming this earth about 3 million years ago. When mammoths reached
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“Pre – Columbian Americas” The New World before Columbus‚ was not empty and unknown before his discoveries. Europeans had explored in the New World‚ they came into contact with people whom Columbus by mistaKE called them Indians. It is unknow where they came from and when these first Americans came to the North and South America‚ but it is cleared that they lived in the new world centuries before the Europeans came. The Indians were not unified they were divided into hundreds of clans or tribes
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