Question

How did the exchange of animal, plant, technology, and disease affect Europeans and Native Americans after their first initial contact? What were are examples of the exchanged item?

Answer 1

2 main type of exchange during the age of exploration is biological exchange and cultural exchange

biological exchange includes exchange of plants animals and diseases

the new plants bought to america by europeans are barley ,rye and asian origin wheat ,sugar ,banana ,coffee ,rice .it contributed to the economy of america and their by to the slavary system .slave trade root from africa to america again bought african crops like cotton ,tobacco

animals bought by europeans are cattle, sheep, goat ,pig and horses

along with these europeans bought new diseases natives had no resistance to these deadly diseases.so millions of natives died from it the diseases are measles ,smallpox ,mumps,influenza ,chickenpox . the decrease in native population leads to migration of african slaves .later the races mixed up by marriage of europeans and natives ,the childrens are mestizos

like wise america also made impact on europe .the plants introduced in europe are maize ,potato ,tomato,papaya pepper ,peanut . by the introduction of these nutritious food the health condition of europeans increased .the growth in population lead to industrial revolution

the technology bought by europeans are guns and other warfront equipments