Question

Research: Using the Internet or a library, gather information about the Columbian Exchange. Takes notes about the specific goods and diseases that traveled back and forth across the Atlantic, as well the cultural and political changes that resulted. Pay special attention to the indigenous perspective, which will most likely be underrepresented in your research.

Answer 1

Small pox, cacao, tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, and pumpkins.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the Columbian Exchange, transportation of plants, animals, diseases, technologies, and people from one continent to another held. Crops like cacao, tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, and pumpkins were transported from the Americas to rest of the world. Due to this exchange, Native Americans were also infected with smallpox disease that killed about 90% of Native Americans because this is a new disease for them and they have no immunity against this disease. Due to this disease, the population of native Americans decreases and the population of English people increases due to more settlement.