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).
Columbian Exchange-Movement of people, animals, plants, diseases, and ways of life between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere following the voyages of Columbus. Columbus and the Taino. 1  While searching for an easier and quicker route to the Indies, Christopher Columbus landed instead in the Bahamas.