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SSWH 10 b Define the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact.
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What effect did the Age of Discovery & expansion have on the Americas, Africa, & Asia?
SSWH 10 bDefine the Columbian Exchange and its global economic and cultural impact.
Columbian Exchange : 1500s – 1700s
Global transfer of foods, plants, & animals during the colonization of the Americas
Ships from the Americas brought back a wide array of items to Europe, Asia, & Africa
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Most Important Items: corn & potatoes – these foods became a steady part of the diets around the world (helped boost the world’s population)
Europeans sent goods to the Americas: livestock – horses, cattle, sheep, & pigs
Foods from Asia & Africa
Tragic impact: Native Americans – millions died from diseases brought by colonist
Global Economic Impact Establishment of colonies
influenced the European nations wealth
Capitalism: an economic system based on private ownership & investment of resources
Individuals were profiting from their investments & businesses across Europe flourished
Inflation occurred because an increase of money & the supply of goods went down but prices go up
Joint Stock Corporation: investors buying shares in a company: colonization (Jamestown)
Mercantilism: an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth & power by obtaining large amounts of gold & silver – by selling more goods than they bought
Nation’s goal was to become self-sufficient, not depend on other countries for goods
Cultural ImpactColonies: merchants grew in wealth & socially, colonies grew but had no power
Europe: few grew socially (only investors), majority remained poor
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Exchange
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