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Columbian Exchange

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, Columbian Exchange means: The movement of organisms, crops and diseases between the Americas and other regions following sustained contact after 1492.

In Turkish: Kolomb Takası, Kolomb Mübadelesi

How it is used

Exchange does not imply equal benefit or voluntary participation; effects differed sharply.

Example sentences

  1. The potato's spread forms one part of the Columbian Exchange.

    A crop's movement links ecological and economic histories.

  2. The lesson examines disease within the Columbian Exchange.

    The concept includes harmful biological transfers as well as useful crops.

Common collocations

  • the Columbian Exchange
  • the effects of the Columbian Exchange
  • trade routeA regular path by land, river or sea along which merchants carried goods between regions, such as the Silk Road or the spice routes of the Indian Ocean.
  • colonialismThe policy or practice of a state taking control of other territories and peoples, settling or ruling them, and using their land and resources for its own benefit.

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