Early Modern Period & the Columbian Exchange
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"...New power relations are going to be evident as Western Europe becomes more and more dominant, and of course, there are biological exchanges between Europe; Africa; and the Americas, and some of these will have catastrophic effects as smallpox and other Eurasian diseases are brought to the Western Hemisphere, and these of course will destroy the indigenous people of what today we call North and South America...."
Key Terms
- Columbian Exchange
- Old World Diseases/New World Diseases
- Gunpowder Empires
Guided Viewing Questions
- How did the human web change in the early modern period?
- What was ‘the Columbian Exchange’? How did it impact both the New World and the Old World?
- How did the gunpowder empires become so important in the early modern period?