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After 1492, plants, animals and people crossed the oceans in both directions. Potatoes and maize fed Europe, Africa and Asia; horses and cattle changed the Americas. Students trace the exchange on the trade routes and in the food on their own plates.
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- Name at least four crops or animals that crossed the Atlantic in each direction after 1492.
- Follow the trade routes that linked the Americas with Europe, Africa and Asia.
- Explain one way the Columbian Exchange changed life on each continent.