Most flights to Phoenix land at Sky Harbor Intl. Airport (PHX), located east of downtown Phoenix. Sky Harbor is the ninth busiest airport in the United States and the 24th busiest airport in the world when ranked by passenger traffic.
European nations raced to the New World for God, gold, and glory, with far-reaching consequences for the people they encountered. The most dramatic effect was the 90% death rate for indigenous people, due mostly to disease but also war and forced labor. Secondly, metal tools far surpassed the utility of many native tools made of bone, wood, or clay.
Long Term Effects and Synthesis Long Term Effects and Synthesis One long term effect of the Columbian Exchange was the creation of the Triangular Trade, which brought new crops to Europe and started the Middle Passage, which would ship Africans across the the Atlantic to America as the Native Americans died out due to influenza, small pox, and shingles.