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Great American Exchange  

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  • The Great American or Columbian Exchange refers to the transmission of agricultural crops, domesticated livestock, technology, and disease between the Afro-Eurasian region and the Americas that occurred after the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the New World reestablished contact between the two continental systems and their respective populations (Table 1). The most prominent impacts were in the areas of disease transmission and new agricultural crops. [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Great American Exchange]

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