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What Are The Key Terms Of The Columbian Exchange

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KEY TERMS & CONTENT:

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EXCHANGE AND INTERACTION:
Trading and encounters with others.
Columbian Exchange=
Exchanges of diseases, food, cultures, etc from Europe with the arrival of Columbus in 1492.
Corn
One of the 3 sisters. Grown in the centermost ring
Horses
Were significant in traveling through land bridges
Diseases
When domesticated animals were brought over from Europe they came with diseases that the natives were not immune to, causing epidemics to spread across the land and result in killing millions
LABOR SYSTEMS
Castes systems and slaves
Encomienda system
Caste system
Asiento system
Another system
Slavery
Lowest of the caste levels; does all the work
MIGRATION
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