Locate the origins of the plants, animals, and diseases and label the map projected on the whiteboard. Limit your response to one at a time so everyone can participate.
You will explore how the Columbian Exchange shaped the foods we eat today. By tracing the origins of ingredients in a specific dish, you will uncover the history of cultural exchange, global interaction, and the blending of Old World and New World foods.
Use the given documents to complete the effects analysis.
Choose the two categories of effects that you think are the most significant.
The article shows that Spanish silver mining at Potosí and Huancavelica relied on mercury, which poisoned workers and damaged the environment, but continued because it was essential to the empire’s wealth.
Causation: European Exploration
Read Columbus's report on his first voyage. As you read, make notes about the themes in the document as well as any potential for analyzing point of view, purpose, historical situation, or audience.
Document Analysis: The Columbian Exchange