What is the overall economic result of the Columbian Exchange and Triangular Trade?

Impact of the Columbian Exchange

In Europe new types of foods improved diets and lifespans. European economies also improved through trade  (see Mercantilism). Animals like the cow and the horse changed the lives of many Native American groups. However,  Native Americans infected with smallpox  connected to Asia, Africa, and Europe by trade and migration on a constant basis. We call this the Columbian Exchange.  The Columbian Exchange transported plants, animals, diseases, technologies, and people one continent to another.  Crops like tobacco, tomatoes, potatoes, corn, cacao, peanuts, and pumpkins went from the Americas to rest of the world.  At the same time, Europeans brought in foods like bananas and coffee; animals like cattle, sheep, pigs and horses; and  diseases like smallpox and malaria. This process is often seen as an earlier stage of what we call globalization today.  European diseases had the largest impact on Native Americans. Diseases like  smallpox and influenza killed millions of Native Americans. Historians estimate that  diseases killed between 50% and 90% of natives. The large number of dead made  their societies much easier to conquer and control. As Europeans took control of  land, they needed labor for the cash crops (like sugar, cotton, and tobacco) grown in  the Americas. One result from the need of labor was the development of slavery

The Triangular Trade

The triangular trade was the trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Raw

materials like precious metals (gold and silver), tobacco, sugar and cotton went from

the Americas to Europe. Manufactured goods like cloth and metal items went to Africa and the Americas. Finally, slaves

went from Africa to the Americas to work. This trade created great profits for Europe. The lives of Native Americans were

severely damaged or destroyed through violence and economic and environmental damage. African slaves also suffered

horribly. The trip from Africa to the Americas was called the Middle Passage. In the Middle Passage hundreds of slaves

were packed tightly into ships. Conditions were horrible. Diseases spread in the small spaces, and as many as 20% of

Africans died before even arriving in the Americas. Survivors were sold into brutal slavery, working in mines or on farms

growing cash crops

the correct answer is modern american cars are not available due to trade restrictions.

trade between cuba and the united states have serious restrictions. the u.s. imposed an economic embargo on cuba, that among other things means that modern american cars are not available due to trade restrictions.

in response to some governmental actions of the authorities from cuba, president john f. kennedy proclaimed an embargo on trade between both countries in february 1962. the trade embargo remains active until this day and was implemented directly by the departments of commerce and the department of treasury.

in president trump’s administration, there is a national security presidential memorandum that "strengthens the policy of the u. s.", affecting trade with cuba.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.