The Columbian Exchange

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Across
  1. 2. The collection of continents that includes Europe, Asia, and Africa
  2. 3. The game bird that existed only in the Old World before 1492 and has become the most popular bird used for food worldwide
  3. 7. The collection of continents that includes North America and South America
  4. 8. An agricultural product that existed only in the New World and is the basis for one of the most popular sweets enjoyed worldwide- chocolate
  5. 10. The animal that existed only in the Old World that can be trained to be ridden and is used on farms and in military applications
  6. 11. The natural process of gradual separation between continents that occurs over eons of time
  7. 13. The super continent that existed on earth before the process of continental shift began
  8. 14. A very large land mass
  9. 18. The very large farm animal that existed only in the Old World and has become one of the most important sources of meat worldwide and is the source of all dairy products
  10. 19. The explorer that became the first person to bring together what had been separated for millions of years by continental shift
  11. 20. A category of contagions that were transferred from world to world that includes smallpox and influenza
  12. 21. A New World nut that has become very popular around the world and is also the source of one of the most dangerous food allergies on earth
Down
  1. 1. The New World tuber that has become one the most widely used sources of starch world wide
  2. 4. The name given to the transfer of plants, animals, and diseases from one world to another
  3. 5. The author that first coined the phrase "Columbian Exchange" in his 1972 article
  4. 6. One of the most important and popular fruits sold around the world; it was from the Old World but is mostly grown on plantations in the New World today
  5. 9. The Old World crop that grows as a bean on a bush and is the basis for one of the most popular morning drinks around the world
  6. 12. An important fruit that grows on a bush that only existed in the New World and has become very important to many cuisines worldwide, especially Italian and Mexican food
  7. 15. The New World grain that has become one of the most important grains used world wide
  8. 16. The large game bird that existed only in the New World before the Columbian Exchange and is central to the American celebration of Thanksgiving
  9. 17. The name given to the land mass in the Old World that includes Asia and Europe