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The Old World Meets the New World
Breaking
News!
What would happen…
if this happened?
Old World…
Americas
Europe
Meet the New World
What were the consequences of the interactions between
these two worlds?
What were the effects on the Native
population? European population?
Umm… What’s this? Btw…
who are you?
(Not in English, right?)
Huh?
Interactions Between Worlds
1450 - Large parts of the world remained isolated
from one another.
1492 - Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to
the American "New World"
1900's - Most parts of the world had been mapped
Interactions Between Worlds
Christopher Columbus
Looking for Asia, but found the Caribbean islands, Central and
South America
Hmmm…Am I a good guy or
a bad guy… or both?
1451-1506
What impact did hisand
other explorers actions have on the world?
Columbus: Hero or Hitler?
“[He] was the spearhead of the
biggest invasion and genocide ever…”
“Columbus Day should be remembered as the "Day of Indian Resistance”
“…Foreign conquerors… massacred [Native] inhabitants at an average rate of
roughly one every 10 minutes"
Columbus: Hero or Hitler?
“Greatest sailor and explorer of all time”
“His discoveries enlarged and connected the world”
“His vision and courage changed the history of the
world”
Interaction of Cultures
Beginning of the end for native people
Belief of superiority by the Europeans
Impact on Native People
For early Americans,
centuries-long way of life
vanished in bloodshed and
disease
Impact on Native People
Slavery
Consequences: The Columbian Exchange
Cultural diffusion
Exchange of new plants, animals and diseases
Destruction of traditional cultures and ways of life
Columbian Exchange
Most significant and far reaching
interactions between the Old World and the
New World
Dramatic consequence of
the interactions of cultures
Columbian Exchange of the Future
Who will the next Columbus
be?
What will be the consequences be?
What will be exchanged?
Where will this meeting take place?
Columbian Exchange
Was the Columbian Exchange a positive or negative occurrence? If so, how, and for
whom? Explain.
What types of items were “exchanged” during the Columbian Exchange?
Define the Columbian Exchange
From the reading, answer the following:
