The Columbian Exchange

Columbus's voyage connected the Americas, Europe, and Africa in a web of exchange that transformed the environments of the Old World and the New World. In this video, Kim Kutz Elliott discusses the impact of the Columbian Exchange.

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I'll save you time - here are the timestamps.



0:00 intro
0:28 what was the Columbian Exchange?
1:00 intentional and unintentional exchanges

1:15 consequences of unintentional exchanges
1:50 transferring plants from the "old world" to the "new world"
1:54 plants from Europe, Africa, and Asia to Americas

2:27 transferring plants from the "new world" to the "old world"
2:51 what's important about most of these crops (calorically dense)
3:01 what crop creates more food (looking closer, this increases the population of EUR and AF
3:42 transferring animals from the "old world" to the "new world"
5:42 Native Americans and Europeans - did they trade diseases? (no, watch for more details)
7:10 exchange of people (disease overload)
7:39 enslaving
plz like for my suffering

[crystalsparks]

if you are on a computer you can click on the 3dots that are next to save and then click open transcripts and see everything that was said in the video word for word

[honeycomb]

I think i'm not the only one that had to watch this video becuase of my teacher :)

[felixgreaves]

This put me to sleep in Humanities class

[thatsmebailey]

POV: you clicked this on google classroom and you appeared on youtube .

[seanlarsin]

i didn’t feel like watching the whole video so i just wrote down three things from like 20 seconds into the video and turned the assignment in 🥲🥲

[sonnyboiii]

5:19
Corona: I'm gonna stop u right there

[etchalaco]

The map makes it seem like all these foods were taken to Europe from North America when in fact many these crops were from South America, mainly from Peru. The most important of them was the potato, also from Peru, since it caused a population explosion in Europe after the plague

[luv-k.t]

i think im not the only one who's watching this bc of their history teacher 💀

[ozzyfromspace]

I’m really enjoying this whole series of lectures! I’m just learning to learn. I’m a math person, not a historian, but the narrative is impeccable and really helps me appreciate humanities highs and lows.

[realsticallyb]

yk I wouldn't be surprised if my teacher had a Christopher Columbus fan club

[ramn]

what about pablo escobar and his cocaine trade

[mariavictoriamoncayodelpoz]

But, it was my wedding day. We will getting ready and there was not a cloud in the sky. Bruno walks in with a misterious grin. THUNDER, ARE YOU TELLING A STORY OR A I?

[EricM-gmwz]

Native Americans improved the food security of the world for ever. Potatoes, corn and peanuts alone probably saved hundreds of millions from starvation and death.

[benbarnett-tx]

Halloween in Europe before 1492, carving Oranges

[marquisferguson]

5:42 No I was wondering why this video is so long

[faustogerman]

Khan academy video a day makes your brain cells wanna stay. This is pretty interesting 🤔 * sarcasm*

[chissstardestroyer]

There were diseases going both ways, in partiucular: syphilis was transmitted from the Americas to Europe via the soldiers who got infected.

[kingstonmartinez]

what animals were brought from here? I’m trying to get info for my project.

[crystalgaming]

7:45 what in the world is that drawing supposed to be?