FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -When Christopher Columbus and his men came to the Americas over 500 years ago, they brought horses, chickens, and wheat bread from Europe. The Native Americans had never seen any of those things before. The Europeans had never seen the potatoes, peanuts, tomatoes, cocoa, or corn grown by the Native Americans.
Detailed explanation-2: -Within about 50 years, Europeans transported the spuds back across the ocean to North America. Other plants moved from Europe to the New World. On Columbus’s second voyage to the Americas, he brought with him seeds for such plants as wheat, salad greens, grapes and sugarcane.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Columbian Exchange brought horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and a collection of other useful species to the Americas. Before Columbus, Native American societies in the high Andes had domesticated llamas and alpacas, but no other animals weighing more than 45 kg (100 lbs).
Detailed explanation-4: -In addition to plants, Europeans brought domesticated animals such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, and horses.