AP U.S. History / Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
1.4 Columbian Exchange, Spanish Exploration, and Conquest
Notes
The Columbian Exchange moved plants, animals and diseases between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia: maize, potatoes and tobacco to Europe; horses, cattle, wheat and smallpox to the Americas.
- Spanish conquistadors (Cortés, Pizarro) conquered the Aztec and Inca empires.
Practice
Which went from the Americas to Europe?
Native crops.
Horses brought to the Americas changed life for:
Hunting and mobility.
Cortés conquered the:
Mexico, 1519–1521.
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