Wednesday, May 25, 2016

John Green "Crash Course" on the Columbian Exchange

A Crash Course on the Columbian Exchange (note: this is one of his funniest videos as well as quite informative).


 

5 comments:

Dennis Estrada said...

Lets just say, this is an optimistic approach to the absolute clash of two cultures which took place in America. While is true that maybe 2 or 3 positive consequences came out of the native Americans' genocide for the rest of the world, it would be an exercise of Cynicism (not the Greek school of thought) to try and deviate from the evident and perpetual status quo in the new world. Columbus said this was the most beautiful land ever seen by human eyes, but apparently not enough to be seen as equals. If the present from the past seemed like a blackout, the future was not very bright either. We literally became the backyard of the European and some other modern empires. A Latin American factory, the west greatest assembly line only second to the Chinese one worldwide.

Dayde Moreno said...

I really enjoyed this video because of the great impact the Columbian Exchange had in our world. It had a great significance in why we see certain crops or animals in certain places that without this exchange would not be there today. I also find it interesting how not all aspects of this exchange were positive, you could argue some negative came from it as well.

Unknown said...

I really enjoyed this video because learning about the Columbian Exchange was really interesting.

Unknown said...

Columbian exchange did impact the world and this video taught me way more than I ever knew about Columbian exchange. The Americas and Europe would not be where they are today without the Columbian Exchange.

Jason Madrid - ISS1120MDCKENDALL said...

Interesting and funny video as always!