FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Better nutrition allowed the population of the Old World to grow, which in turn placed population pressure on Eurasia, which led to more people coming to the Americas.
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New world crops such as corn and potatoes could grow in places
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Scientists in the new world learned how to genetically modify crops to increase crop yields and support a population explosion
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Plants from the Americas transformed life in Europe, Asia, and Africa. They not only changed cuisine and culture but resulted in major economic and environmental shifts. This is because many of the new crops, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava, were calorically rich and quickly became staple crops.
Detailed explanation-2: -The exchange introduced a wide range of new calorically rich staple crops to the Old World-namely potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava. The primary benefit of the New World staples was that they could be grown in Old World climates that were unsuitable for the cultivation of Old World staples.
Detailed explanation-3: -How did New World foods affect Europe? New World foods transformed European society by increasing agricultural yields and improving diets, thus stimulating population growth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Old World rice, wheat, sugar cane, and livestock, among other crops, became important in the New World.