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What refers to the transfer of plants animals and diseases from Europe Africa and Asia to and from the Americas after Columbus's fateful voyage in 1492?
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What global transfer of food plants and animals took place during the colonization of the Americas?
The Columbian exchange.
What refers to the transfer of plants animals and diseases from Europe Africa to and from Americas after Columbus' fateful voyages in 1492?
The Columbian Exchange affected both the New World and the Old World, both positively and negatively. For example, people exchanged knowledge and technical advancements which helped those who did not have that information. But the "exchange" also, unwittingly, transferred diseases, plant diseases, animal diseases, etc. Many countries STILL fight problems of animals and plants that were brought to their countries and overcame plants and animals native to those areas. This is why countries have strict rules about what travelers can bring into their countries.
What was the exchange of plant vegetable and animals life between the old and new worlds known as?
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
What was the 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 Negative 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 year did the Columbian Exchange take place in?
The Columbian Exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, and ideas between the Americas and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries, related to European colonization and trade after Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyage.
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 exchange of plant and animal life between the old and new worlds known as?
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
What was the exchange of plant vegetable and animal life between the Old and New world known as?
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
What was the exchange of plant vegetable and animal life between the old and new world known as what?
The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, named after Christopher Columbus, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
How did the Columbian Exchange affect the rest of the world?
The Columbian exchange affected the rest of the world by the movement of living things such as plants,animals, and diseases between the eastern and western hemispheres.
What are the diseases of animals?
trypanosomiasis
