WHS.SS.7.B

Explain the impact of the Columbian Exchange.

World History Studies · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2010

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Vocabulary
impactColumbian Exchange
Skills
  • explain (the impact of the Columbian Exchange) #dok2
  • identify (the economic, social, and cultural effects of the Columbian Exchange) #dok1
  • analyze (the outcomes and consequences of the Columbian Exchange) #dok3
  • summarize (the main characteristics of the Columbian Exchange) #dok2
  • describe (changes brought about by the Columbian Exchange) #dok2
Learning Targets
  • I can identify the major goods, diseases, and ideas exchanged in the Columbian Exchange. #dok1
  • I can explain the impact of the Columbian Exchange on different regions of the world. #dok2
  • I can describe how the Columbian Exchange changed economies, societies, and cultures. #dok2
  • I can summarize the positive and negative effects of the Columbian Exchange. #dok2
  • I can analyze ways the Columbian Exchange reshaped populations and environments in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. #dok3
  • I can evaluate how the Columbian Exchange created long-term global connections and transformations. #dok4
Big Ideas
  • The Columbian Exchange transformed global societies through the exchange of goods, ideas, people, and diseases after 1492.
  • The lasting impacts of the Columbian Exchange continue to shape cultures, economies, environments, and populations worldwide.
Essential Questions
  • What was the Columbian Exchange and why is it significant in world history?
  • How did the Columbian Exchange affect the people, economies, and environments of the Americas, Europe, and Africa?
  • What were the short-term and long-term effects—both positive and negative—of the Columbian Exchange?
  • In what ways did the Columbian Exchange connect different parts of the world?
  • How do the consequences of the Columbian Exchange continue to impact the modern world?