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What effect did the Columbian exchange have on slavery in America?
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What deadly effect did the Columbian Exchange have?
Diseases
What was one bad effect of the Columbian exchange for the peoples of the Americas?
the introduction of smallpox
What was one negative result of the Columbian Exchange?
Disease killed millions of Native AmericansThe Columbian Exchange (the transfer of plants, animals, diseases, etc. between the old and new worlds) had both positive and negative impacts. For the native people in the Americas, the cumulative effect was negative.One example is large groups of native peoples being wiped out by European diseases like smallpox.
What was the cause of the Columbian exchange?
As a result of Columbus's voyages to the New World, a biological pipeline between America and Europe opened up that had been apart since before humans appeared on earth. The lands had drifted apart that had once been connected. Some species of plants and animals flourished in both areas, and some did not. There were many new animals and plants in the Americas that Europeans had never seen. And, Europeans brought plants and animals to the New World that America had never seen. This includes viruses and other biological organisms. The new animals brought to America upset the ecology of the area. The people living in the Americas did not have resistance to many of the "germs" brought by the Europeans. Biologically, the Indians had not been exposed to measles, smallpox, whooping cough, chicken pox, and influenza. The effect of these diseases on the Americans was catastrophic. Bacteria and viruses killed more Native Americans than did Spanish swords. The Indians also gave to the Europeans, venereal disease. Medical historians disagree on the origins of syphilis, but it was first identified by physicians in 1493, in Cadiz, Spain, the port which Columbus returned to after his first voyage. The Colombian Exchange was also a cultural exchange. New agricultural developments were traded, economic activity and opportunities opened up between the New and Old Worlds, and new ideas were exchanged.
What was the effect of the Columbian exchange on native Americans?
Brought new diseases back to England and existing diseases to the new land - causing large number of deaths due to the unprotected Native Americans' immune system not recognizing the illness and fighting it off.
What effect did the Columbian exchange have on Africans?
The triangular trade brought alcoholism to Africa. Slavery destroyed societies and infrastructure. Today, it is possible to look at pictures an see where roads and farms existed before slavery destroyed them.
What deadly effect did the Columbian Exchange have?
Diseases
What effect did the columbian exchange have?
the transfer of disease
What negative effect did the Columbian exchange have?
the transfer of disease
What animal had the greatest effect during the columbian exchange?
the horse
What was the effect of the Columbian Exchange on the people of the Americas?
the introduction of smallpox
Which animal in the columbian exchange had the greatest effect on native?
the horse
What accurately describes an important effect on the Columbian exchange on indigenous people in America?
Huge numbers of indigenous peoples were wiped out by European diseases.
What was a negative effect of the Columbian exchange?
The introduction of smallpox to the native Americans.
What was a major effect of columbian exchange?
New food sources for Europe.
What animal in the Columbian exchange had the greatest effect on native American culture?
the horse
What is one positive effect of the Columbian exchange?
the introduction of horses to the Native Americans.
