The Columbian Exchange: Plants, Animals, Crops, and Demographic Shifts

Transoceanic Exploration and the Encounter in the Americas

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Assess the biological exchange of crops, livestock, and microorganisms between the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and their global ecological consequences.

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Transoceanic Exploration and the Encounter in the Americas

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-NY-SS

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Evaluate the technological innovations, economic motivations, and profound consequences of European transoceanic exploration and the Encounter in the Americas.

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9.10bNew York Social Studies Standards · 10th Grade

Transatlantic exploration led to the Encounter, colonization of the Americas, and the Columbian exchange.