Columbian Exchange: Global Trade, Impact

p {margin: 0; padding: 0;} .ft00{font-size:23px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;} .ft01{font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;} .ft02{font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:#ff0000;} .ft03{font-size:17px;font-family:ArialMT;color:#000000;} .ft04{font-size:20px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;} .ft05{font-size:17px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;} .ft06{font-size:17px;font-family:B612;color:#000000;} .ft07{font-size:17px;font-family:B612;color:#000000;} .ft08{font-size:17px;line-height:20px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;} .ft09{font-size:17px;line-height:20px;font-family:ArialMT;color:#000000;}  The Columbian Exchange   The exchange of crops, animals, people, and germs between Eurasia and the  Americas after   1492   (the year Christopher Columbus  landed in the new world)   Globalization-  Made the world a more connected and  interdependent place.   Items Brought from Eurasia (old world)   Crops:   Grapes, Oats, wheat, barley, rice, sugar cane,  citrus fruit, onions, apples,   bananas   Livestock:   Cattle, chickens, sheep, pigs, goats, oxen,  horses, donkeys   Diseases:   Smallpox, tuberculosis, influenza, typhus,  measles, pertussis   Items Brought from the Americas (new world)   Crops:   Squash, pumpkin, corn, tomatoes, peanuts, tobacco,  beans, and peppers   Livestock:   Turkey   Diseases:   Syphilis   Other items:   Precious metals   Mercantilism:   -   Economic System   in which the government has control  over foreign trade   -   The country increased wealth by accumulating gold and silver   -   Needs a favorable   balance of trade   +   Export more than they import   -   Colonies   become very important   +   Producers and markets   -   Trying to sell more than buying   Positive impacts of Columbian Exchange   -   Foods from the New World were  calorically  dense   +   The world population doubled between 1650 and 1850   -   Sugar and Coffee are easier to grow in the New World  -   The introduction of horses changed the lifestyles of many Native Americans  -   Pigs were a new and abundant meat source in the Americas   Negative impacts of Columbian Exchange   -   Forced labor, starvation, and disease   devasted   the  Native American population   +   The native population of   Hispaniola   was reduced by  90% by 1550   -   Decreased biological   diversity   -   Enslavement   of African populations