Which of the following statements best describes the impact of the Columbian Exchange on global diets?
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Correct answer: New World crops became staples in the Old World and vice versa, globalizing food
Today, it is hard to imagine Italian food without tomatoes or Irish food without potatoes, both of which are New World crops. The exchange completely restructured human nutrition on every continent.
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