Which one of the following groups of plants was domesticated in the ‘New World’ and introduced into the ‘Old World’?
Tobacco, cocoa and rubber
Tobacco, cotton and rubber
Cotton, coffee and sugarcane
Rubber, coffee and wheat
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UPSC IAS – 2019
– The Columbian Exchange involved the widespread transfer of plants, animals, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the Old World and the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries.
– Tobacco, cocoa, and rubber originated and were domesticated in the Americas.
– Coffee is native to Africa (Old World).
– Sugarcane is native to Southeast Asia (Old World).
– Wheat is native to the Middle East (Old World).