2007-05-20 07:02:11 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
"The Columbian Exchange (also sometimes known as The Grand Exchange) has been one of the most significant events in the history of world ecology, agriculture, and culture. The term is used to describe the enormous widespread exchange of plants, animals, foods, human populations (including slaves), communicable diseases, and ideas between the Eastern and Western hemispheres that occurred after 1492."
"The first European import, the horse, changed the lives of many Native American tribes on the Great Plains, allowing them to shift to a nomadic lifestyle based on hunting bison on horseback."
More at : "Columbian Exchange" : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbian_Exchange
2007-05-20 07:44:47 · answer #1 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spain brought over small pox, horses, guns, etc. and took back to Europe chocolate, tomatoes, potatoes, ect.
2007-05-20 14:05:44 · answer #2 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Horses and new diseases
2007-05-20 15:10:58 · answer #3 · answered by rosie recipe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋