feb 1, 1492 - Beginning of the Columbian Exchange

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The transfer of people, animals, plants, and diseases between the East and West.

What the New gave the Old: Potatoes, tomatoes, maize, turkeys, gold, silver, syphilis (supposedly).

What the Old gave the New: Wheat, rice, soybeans, cattle, pigs, horse, African slaves, Smallpox.

Impact: Euro populations increased from crop and animal transfer. Native populations decreased from Smallpox.

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