FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Spaghette
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Lasagna
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Pizza
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Pasta
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Detailed explanation-1: -The exchange introduced a wide range of new calorically rich staple crops to the Old World-namely potatoes, sweet potatoes, maize, and cassava.
Detailed explanation-2: -Christopher Columbus introduced horses, sugar plants, and disease to the New World, while facilitating the introduction of New World commodities like sugar, tobacco, chocolate, and potatoes to the Old World. The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic is known as the Columbian Exchange.
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbian Exchange Meal: Create a meal made up of ingredients that you could only have had after the Columbian Exchange took place and the ingredients from the Old and New Worlds were combined. Your menu should also have a name for your restaurant, and be decorated like a menu you’d see if you went out for dinner.