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The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, and Microbes
Explain the global biological and ecological transfer of crops, livestock, and infectious diseases between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.
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Age of Exploration and Early Contact
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Analyze the motivations, routes, technologies, and profound consequences of European exploration and early encounters in North America.
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SS.5.1.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine the historical eras, individuals, groups, ideas, and themes in North America from early Indigenous Peoples through the European Age of Exploration/post-Columbian colonization and the establishment of the United States Government.
SS.5.2.2Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesExamine causes and consequences of movement.
SS.5.3.1Colorado Social Studies Standards · All agesExplain how patterns of trade shaped the development of Early America.