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    -Much land is deforested and disrupted as diamond and silver mining emerges. -New crops from Americas causes India’s population to rise almost double in size. -Columbian Exchange brings new crops to this region‚ allowing for the farmers of the region to exploit more of their land for extra crops. -American crops such as potatoes and corn increases population of the region. -Traders of the region utilize the monsoon winds in order to navigate across the Indian Ocean. -Silver mining causes deforestation

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    9th Grade Global History Final Exam Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES Name: _________________________________________ Date: _________________________________ Part One: Multiple Choice 1. Which document is an example of a primary source? (1) a novel on the Age of Discovery (3) a diary of a Holocaust survivor (2) a textbook on Latin American history (4) an encyclopedia article on Songhai culture 2. Based on the information provided by this map‚ which statement about urban

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    Sagar Shah Columbian Exchange: Europe and the Americas The Columbian Exchange was an impactful spread of culture‚ food and even frightening diseases between the Old World and the New World. This great exchange started after the accidental discovery of the Americas by Christopher Columbus. Originally‚ Columbus and his crew set on a journey to find a western sea route to China‚ India and the spice islands of Asia. Instead‚ he found

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    oceans. According to document 4 the Europeans started to adventure out to the rest of the world. Many aspects of this exchange had positive effects‚ such as the exchange of foods between Europe and America‚ there were also negative effects‚ such as the exchange of diseases between Europe and America. In document 6 A shows a negitve effect of the age of exploration and the Columbian exchange because a great amount of the Native American population went down when then Europeans arrived at the new world because

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    During 1492 to 1750‚ the Columbian Exchange had demographic and environmental effects on the New World and Old World had similar yet different effects on each other. Effects were how the Old World and New World brought plants and animals to each other and made different uses with them‚ but also had different effects on there population. Different effects on the Old and New World made both have different outcomes with their population and way of life. When the Old World brought to the New World

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    and biological exchanges being conducted during the 15th and 16th centuries after many of Columbus’s extensive voyages‚ this way of interaction was soon referred to as the Columbian Exchange. The effects of the Columbian Exchange resulted in beneficial rewards such as more variety of crops being grown‚ the introduction of animals to other continents‚ an improvement in technology‚ as well as detrimental consequences such as the rapidly increasing spread of diseases. Although the Columbian Exchange

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    more stuff Agriculture: Many of the plant foods we take for granted came from the Columbian Exchange. The one everyone talks about is the potato and its effect on Ireland. Feed corn is another New World plant. If we look at the effect of the potato and corn on Europe and America (European culture in the New World) we see that these two starches made possible an explosion in the numbers of humans and domestic animals the culture could support. In his book "Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel‚" Jared Diamond

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    Graded Assignment Consequences of the Columbian Exchange Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (50 points) 1. Write an essay on one unintended consequence of the Columbian Exchange. To begin‚ read the examples of actions and consequences below‚ and note how each consequence was intended or unintended. Action Consequence Intended/Unintended/Both Some European sailors and conquistadors have smallpox. Sailors come in contact with Native Americans‚ who

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    traditions of the native peoples had moreover so fallen or vanished under Spanish control. In the 1530s smallpox extended as far from Mexico as the Great Lakes in the north and the pampas of Argentina in the south. Over a long period of time‚ the Columbian Exchange brought some economic prosperity along with increased human population growth. Despite the growth of population‚ smallpox gradually continued to take the lives of about 10 % of Europe’s infants.

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    | |Students will also be able to describe the role of Europe in the “discovery‚” exploration‚ and early colonization of America‚ as well as | |evaluate the impact of the Columbian exchange of microbes and plants‚ and their environmental consequences in America. | |Students will analyze and evaluate differences in historical interpretation‚ developing awareness of the historians obligation to question

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