Ancient history

What things were brought from thenew world to the old world?

The exchange of plants, animals, and diseases during the time that European colonists reached "new worlds" is called the Columbia Exchange. This exchange affected both new and old worlds and shaped cultural, social, economic, and environmental patterns that we observe nowadays. Some of the things brought back to the Old World include:

• Crops

Maize (Corn)

Potatoes

Beans and Other Legumes

Tomatoes

Squash

Pumpkins

Sunflowers

Tobacco

Peanuts

Chilis

Avocados

Pineapples

Chocolate/ Cocoa

• Animals

Turkey

Guinea Pigs

Alpacas

Llamas

• Diseases

Syphilis

Yellow Fever

Plague