Crash Course: Columbian Exchange
Effects on Native Americans
New World Impact on Old World
Overall Effect on the World & History
Old World Impact on New World
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50% died from disease; maybe as much as 90%
smallpox
measles
mumps
chicken pox
war spread the disease
,malnutrition
NA's had not been exposed to these diseases
venereal syphillis
disease spread by sailors
tobacco
pig - food increase
oxen - plowing/transportation
increase in food
horses - transportation (NA's shift from farming to hunter-gathering
increase food supply
increases population
population increase
diets more diverse
slavery
genetic diversity