GEOG 1125 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: The Columbian Exchange, Demographic Transition, Columbian Exchange
18 Nov 2016
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Geog 1125 - unit 5: biosphere - the columbian exchange. Views humans and nature as separate domains: judeo-christian traditions, enlightenment science and modernity, capitalist political/economic system. Idea that nature exists to be dominated by man . European internal expansion: european societies expanding within europe until approximately the 14th century: as populations grew, they needed additional resources like food, fuel, ore, timber, etc. Demographic transition model: european external expansion: 15th century - 20th century; started expanding elsewhere to further supply growing populations (colonialism) Introduction of european customs, values, and attitudes (including the nature-society. Columbian exchange: exchange of biological life between the old and new worlds, initiated by the columbian voyages: plants, animals, disease, knowledge, and practices exchanged, is still ongoing (ex. Virgin soil epidemic: when populations have no previous exposure to a life-form, exposure can lead to a sharp decrease in population: ex. smallpox, measles, bubonic plague.
