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).
This answer has been marked for improvement. Answer by Michael DiMeo. Confidence votes 24. The Columbian exchange was a transfer of Culture, Plants and animals, and diseases, between The New (North and South America) and Old world (Europe, Africa and Asia). If it is not a plant, Animal, Disease or Cultural practice, it was probably not part of the Columbian exchange.