The standards are: 1  Research and evidence based. 2  Clear, understandable, and consistent. 3  Aligned with college and career expectations. 4  Based on rigorous content and the application of knowledge through higher-order thinking skills. 5  Built upon the strengths and lessons of current state standards.
Alfred coined the term Columbian exchange in 1972. The Columbian exchange started to connect the New and Old Worlds with the transmission of ideas, plants, animals, and diseases. Two worlds that had grown apart with very different organisms started to become homogeneous (Crosby, 1972).
Effects of the Columbian Exchange: Plants, animals, culture, humans, diseases, etc. were transferred between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Europe and Africa gained corn, tomatoes, and potatoes. This caused a massive population booms and an increase in wealth and capitalism and a decrease in feudalism in Europe. More Africans were born too, so the slave trade really took off.