Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’? (2019)

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Correct answer: Tobacco, cocoa and rubber. The Old World refers to the continents of Europe, Asia, and Africa, known to Europeans before the discovery of the Americas. The New World refers to the Americas, including North and South America, which were “discovered” by Europeans after Christopher Columbus’s voyages in the late 15th century. Tobacco, cocoa, and rubber were domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’ through the European explorers in the late medieval or early modern era. The Columbian exchange was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’? (2019)

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