watch this video from youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkicPYuEv2E
And then read this http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/american-indians/essays/columbian-exchange#
you can use this for your sources, just to help for the terms. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/active_learning/explorations/columbus/columbus_columbian.cfm
To receive full credit for this posting your response should include 2 parts. In the first part, you must pick two of the listed exchanges and follow the outline for information below. In the second part, you should write a 300-400 words post (without using quotes) either defending or refuting the following statement with at least 3 historically accurate pieces of evidence/examples from the content provided in this forum.
“The social, cultural, political, and economic changes brought about by the Columbian Exchange transformed the Old World and the New World equally.”
For the first part of your post you are to choose from the following list and provide to which direction the exchange went (old to new or new to old), the short term impact and long term impact of your commodity, item, or belief.
Chocolate
Rice
Christianity
Tobacco
Smallpox
Iron/Steel Weapons
Measles
Sugarcane
Corn
Wheat
Silver & Gold
Gun powder and firearms
Corn
Syphillis
Pigs
Horses
