The Columbian Exchange

SC Social Studies Standard 4-2.1

Grade 4

South Carolina
Social Studies Standard 4-2.1

The students will be able to:

Explain how the Columbian Exchange
positively and negatively affected Native
Americans.
Explain how the Columbian Exchange
positively and negatively affected Europeans.
Recall different food, animals, and diseases
that were exchanged between the old world
and the new world.

The Columbian Exchange

Columbus voyages
to North America
helped in the
development of the
Columbian
Exchange
What was the Columbia
n Exchange?
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The Columbian Exchange

The exchange between Eastern and Western
Hemispheres created different ways of life
across the world. It had positive and
negative effects.

What positive effects did the

Columbian Exchange have on
Native Americans?
European settlers
introduced many
plants and animals to
lands in North
America such as:
Wheat
Rice
Coffee
Horses
Pigs
Cattle
Chickens
These plants and
animals helped add
more variety to their
diets.

What negative effects did the

Columbian Exchange have on
Native Americans?
European settlers
inadvertently
introduced many
diseases to lands in
North America such
as:
Measles
Smallpox
Diphtheria
Malaria
These diseases
killed many Native
Americans.

List different ways that the

Columbian Exchange affected
Native Americans
Positive effects:
Introduced new
plants to North
America
Introduced new
animals to North
America
Helped add a
variety to their
diets

Negative effects:
Transferred
diseases to
North America
Many Native
Americans died
due to these
diseases