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Activity
3: The Columbian Exchange
The
Columbian Exchange refers to the transcontinental movement of
animals, foods, plants, and diseases after 1492.
Exploration
1: Origins of Plants
Identify
where the following plants originated:
FRUITS:
- apples
- avocados
- bananas
- cacao
(Source of Chocolate)
- coffee
- grapes
- guavas
- lemons
- melons
- olives
- papayas
- peaches
- pears
- pineapples
- strawberries
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GRASSES
and FLOWERS:
- barley
- clover
- daisies
- dandelions
- Kentucky
bluegrass
- oats
- rice
- sugar/sugarcane
- wheat
MISCELLANOUS:
- chicle
(Source of Chewing Gum)
- tobacco
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VEGETABLES:
- beans
- corn
- manioc
- peanuts
- peppers
- potatoes
- pumpkins
- radish
- squash
- sweet
potatoes
- tomatoes
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Exploration
2: Origins of Animals
Identify
where the following animals originated:
- horses
- pigs
- cattle
- sheep
- goats
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- chickens
- turkeys
- llamas
- alpacas
- guinea
pigs
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Exploration
3: Origins of Diseases
Identify
where the following diseases originated:
- smallpox
- bubonic
plague
- syphillis
- measles
- chicken
pox
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- malaria
- yellow
fever
- influenza
- the
common cold
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