answersLogoWhite

0

It can be argued that the primary negative aspect of the Exchange was disease propagation. Smallpox and other old world diseases west, and (it has been argued but not proven) syphilis and other venereal diseases east.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

What is one negative of the Columbian exchange?

the introduction of smallpox to the Native Americans


What is one positive effect of the Columbian exchange?

the introduction of horses to the Native Americans.


What was one major negative of the Columbian exchange?

the introduction of smallpox to the Native American population


What is a synonym for columbian exchange?

One synonym for the Columbian Exchange is the "Great Exchange."


What was one bad effect of the Columbian exchange for the peoples of the Americas?

the introduction of smallpox


What was one good effect of the Columbian exchange for the peoples of the Americas and what was a bad one?

Horses good, smallpox bad.


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 is one result of the Columbian exchange?

the introduction of horses to the New World.


What was one positive thing that Americans received from the Columbian exchange?

horses


What was one positive thing that native americans recieved from the columbian exchange?

Horses


What was one good thing for the old world after the Columbian exchange?

the introduction of the horse


What was one positive thing that the native Americans received from the columbian exchange?

horses