The Columbian Exchange

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What is meant by the “Columbian Exchange” and when was the term coined and by whom? Discuss in some detail at least one cultural impact and one biological impact of this watershed event in human history.

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The Columbian exchange is the exchange of culture, diseases, and crops that took place in the year 1492 between Europe and America after the voyage of Christopher Columbus to the United States (Nunn & Qian, 2010). For many years, Europe was separated from America due to the continental drift, with Europe being referred to as the old world; each continent had different crops, animals, diseases and culture. However, after the visit of Christopher Columbus to America, there was a rapid biological and cultural exchange. One of the cultural impacts of the Columbian exchange was that Europeans gained crops like potatoes, pepper, and pineapples as well as domesticated animals like cattle and horses moving to America (Nunn & Qian, 2010). Therefore, the Europeans gained a new culture of……….
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