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What was the exchange of ways of life and people and animals between the eastern and western hemispheres called?

The Columbian exchange. But little was from The East to the West.


What voyages of christopher Columbus led to contact and an exchange between Europe Asia Africa and the Americas called?

the columbian exchange


The age when many animals diseases humans and plants were exchanged between the New and Old Worlds was called the Columbian AmericanEuropen Encomienda Exchange?

Colombian exchange


What was the movement of plants and animals between New World and Old World called?

The era where many plants, animals, diseases, and people were exchanged between the Old World and New World was called the Columbian Exchange.


What do historians call the movement of people plants animals and germs?

They called it the Columbian exchange


Why is the Columbian Exchange called a tsunami of biological exchange?

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Exchanged between the Old World and New World was called the?

The Columbian Exchange


What was the exchange of plant, vegetable, 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.


The transatlantic exchange between the New World and Europe is called?

The Columbian Exchange. Per "The American Promise" 4th edition on Page 33.


How do you think the Columbian exchange got its name?

It is named after Christopher Columbus. His arrival in the Americas began the exchange of plants, animals, and diseases between the Western and Eastern Hemispheres that had previously only existed on one side of the Atlantic Ocean.


What do historians call the movement of plants and animals people and germs the resulted from Columbus's expeditions?

I think it it's called "Columbian Exchange." However, I'm not sure...


What was the exchange of ways of life and people and animals between the Eastern Western Hemispheres called?

the Mexican exchange