Columbus
Read the “Columbus” article, posted below. This is going to give you a more concrete
understanding of the history of globalization that you read about above.
Answers to the following questions
What is globalization, according to this article
• What food items were “native” to the New World? How did these help
foster “globalization”?
• Explain how “globalization” as described in this article created
slavery
• Explain the importance of the potato to globalization.
•Do you see any connections between globalization and your minor areas of study? Could you speculate on what those connections may be?