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banner for Columbus and the Columbian Exchange

portion of a map by Sebastian Münster

1492 is the most significant year in modern world history. Not only did it bring the Old and New Worlds together, it also initiated a set of changes that would have vast implications for the future.

It contributed to the rise of the transatlantic slave trade and a vast movement of people, animals, food, plants, and diseases that would transform the world.
   

Essential questions:

1. What is Columbus's place in history?
2. What was the historical significance of 1492?
3. What is the Columbian Exchange? (The trans-continental transfer of people, food, plants, animals, and pathogens)
4. Did Columbus's voyages add to or detract from human happiness?

 

 

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