Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, and the Columbian Exchange

Columbus Day is a US federal holiday that is celebrated on the second Monday of October. Columbus Day remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. Indigenous Peoples Day is a holiday that celebrates the native peoples of North America. It began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day. Indigenous Peoples Day promotes Native American culture and history. The Columbian Exchange was a widespread exchange of people, crops, and animals between the people of the "Old World" (Europe, Africa,and Asia) and the "New World" (North, Central, and South America) Tobacco, Cocoa, Maize, Tomatoes, and Potatoes came from the "New World." So do Avocados, Beans, Peanuts, Squash, and Turkeys. Wheat, Coffee, Horses, Rice, and Sugar came from the "Old World." So do Apples, Bananas, Cattle, Chickens, and Pigs. Celebrate our Common Table! Pop Quiz: Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived? What group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves? Name one American Indian tribe in the United States. What ocean is on the East Coast of the United States? Name two national U.S. holidays. Also see: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day Citizenship Resources 2017 http://bit.ly/2ndMonInOct Columbus Day and the Columbian Exchange Puzzle http://goo.gl/y07umg Native American Tribes Puzzle http://goo.gl/UgmI7Y Citizenship Resources for Hispanic Heritage Month 2017 http://bit.ly/hhm-citizenship-resources ¡Viva Boricua! A Citizenship Quiz In Honor of Puerto Rico pdf: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/quiz-puerto-rico.pdf podcast: http://traffic.libsyn.com/uscitizenpod/quiz-puerto-rico.mp3 video: https://youtu.be/fwWZoymysH4   LISTEN to US Citizenship Podcast US Citizenship Podcast Show website http://uscitizenpod.libsyn.com/ US Citizenship Podcast Daily blog: http://www.uscitizenpod.com/ Download our FREE Android app: https://goo.gl/d6rs9f Download our FREE Apple iPhone/iPad: https://goo.gl/dLiOAE Subscribe via Apple iTunes: https://goo.gl/BVrqHQ Subscribe via Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/us-citizenship-podcast-2/us-citizenship-podcast Watch our videos on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/uscitizenpod Order "US Citizenship Bootcamp: Exercises and Quizzes to Pass the Naturalization Interview" by Jennifer Gagliardi, http://eslpublishing.com/