The Columbian Exchange - World History
Activity 5.2.1: Your Columbian Exchange
Purpose: Students will have a visual manipulative chart of the Colombian Exchange
Standard: SSWH10 (b) Define the Colombian Exchange and its global impact and cultural impact
Directions: Students will:
1. Draw a map of the Atlantic region including the East coast of North and South America and the west coast of Europe and Africa (it will look like the image below)
a. Drawing can be done on poster or butcher paper and needs to be at least
b. Paper size should be 30 x36 inches
c. Map should take up most of the paper
2. Students will cut out the various items from this sheet (coloring is optional)
3. Students will draw a sweeping arrow from the Americas to Europe and from Europe to the Americas
a. Example below
4. Students will tape/glue each item on the arrow you think that item went to.
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Activity 5.2.2 Error Analysis Answer sheet
Directions: After the correct answers are displayed on the board, circle the answers that were incorrect and draw an arrow indicating that it should be on the opposite list. This provides the students with the correct answers on their Colombian Exchange.
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How many correct ___________
1. How did the plants, animals, diseases and people transported during the Columbian exchange create a much different world from what it was before 1492?
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2. Why did the location of the “Old” and “New” world contribute to keeping those societies independent of each other before 1492?
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Directions: Using pages 571-575 from the textbook (chapter 20 section 4), complete the following:
Global Trade
1. ___________—an economic system based on private ownership and the investment of resources (i.e. money) for profit. The government no longer controlled all the wealth of a nation. Due to overseas __________________, numerous merchants gained their own wealth and reinvested in business—enterprises across Europe grew and flourished.
2. As the wealth of Europe grew, so did the amount of money, which causes ___________—the steady rise in the price of goods. Inflation occurs when people have more money to spend on goods and services, but since there are not enough goods to meet demand—_______________________________.
i.e. _________ has crushing inflation as boatloads of gold and silver flow into their economy from the Americas.
3. ___________________________ were developed during this time period as investors would buy a share in a company. These people are combining their wealth for a common purpose (like establishing __________________
________________.)
4. If investors lost their money, they only lost a portion of the cost—but if the company was successful, investors took a share of the profits.
i.e. this is how __________________ was established.
The Growth of Mercantilism
1. ______________ was a theory that said a country’s power depended mainly on its wealth—so every country wanted as much wealth as possible.
2. According to the theory of mercantilism there were two ways to increase wealth: 1) obtain as much _______________________ as possible
2) establish a favorable ______________—selling more goods than it bought
3. Under mercantilism the goal was to become ________________, not dependent on other countries for goods—so countries wanted colonies to…
a) provide gold and silver
b) provide ____________ that could not be found in the home country
(i.e. wood or furs)
c) colonies were a place to sell ________________________
4. These economic changes revolutionized Europe with the growth of __________ and a _____________________________.
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Tomato
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Corn
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Small Pox
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Grape
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Beans
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Olive
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Cassava
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Quinine
Squash
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