SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN SETTLEMENTS
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Detailed explanation-1: -Europeans brought plants from Asia, such as sugar and coffee, to grow as cash crops in the Americas. They also turned American plants, like tobacco and cacao, into cash crops.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the EU, wheat, rapeseed, rye and triticale are typically winter crops, whereas maize, sunflowers, rice, soybeans, potatoes, and sugar beet are summer crops.
Detailed explanation-3: -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. Crosby (2003, p.
Detailed explanation-4: -There are indeed a number of highly important crops grown in the Americas that were introduced by European settlers. These include oranges and other citrus fruits, bananas, apples, almonds, onions, wheat and rice.