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*** disease, which killed off a tremendous number of Native Americans and weakened their centralized states
*** disease, which killed off a tremendous number of Native Americans and weakened their centralized states
== Plants ==
== Plants ==
* the most important exchange was:
* the most important exchange was  
* deepest impacts include:


* deepest impacts include:
=== animals from the Americas ===
* turkeys


=== from the Americas
=== plants from the Americas ===
* beans
* chocolate
* maize (corn)
* maize (corn)
* potatoes
* sweet potatoes
* tomatoes
=== diseases from the Americas ===
* syphilis
=== animals to the Americas ===
* chickens
* cows
* horses
* pigs


=== to the Americas ===
=== diseases to the Americas ===
* malaria (from Africa)
* small pox
=== plants to the Americas ===
* apples
* coffee (from Africa)
* wheat


== Animals ==
== Animals ==