7 Explorers: Columbian Exchange

Research Question

To what extent did the Columbian exchange continue to impact the modern world?

Consider at least 3 areas:

• culture
• economics
• politics 

Map

• Exchange of Goods, via Britannica Kids

Articles

• Christopher Columbus, via Newsela
• Back and Forth Across the Atlantic, via Newsela
• Spreading Ideas and Diseases, via Newsela
• The Columbian Exchange: A history of diseases, food, ideas, via Harvard U 
• The Real Story of Globalization, via The Washington Post

Websites

• Khan Academy: The Columbian Exchange, includes videos
• World History Encyclopedia: Skim for headings, including "consequences"

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• Columbian Exchange, via World Book
• The Columbian Exchange, via Britannica
• Columbian Exchange, video via BrainPop