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The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of plants, animals, people, cultures, ideas, and diseases between the New World (Americas) and the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa). You could also look at it as an exchange between the Western Hemisphere and the Eastern Hemisphere.
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What are two examples of the impact the americas had on europe during the columbian exchange?
Before the Columbian Exchange, there were no potatoes in Ireland, no tomatoes in Italy, and no chocolate in Switzerland.
What was one good thing native Americans received from the Columbian exchange?
The ability to grow corn and potatoes. These two starchy foods, high in nutrients kept many Europeans from starving.
How did the Americas benefit from the Columbian exchange?
There werent many beneficial thing for the europeans but they included new crops such as the potato, sweet potato, corn, berries, chocolate, beans, pumpkins, tobacco, and peppers.Native Americans showed the Europeans how to build canoes and how to catch fish using weirs.
What were two changes that occurred in Americas as a result of this exchange?
Taino and tenochtitlan
What are the two parts of Michigan called?
The two parts of Michigan are called the peninsulas. There is a lower peninsula as well as an upper peninsula.
