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COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Famines and starvation were common events in Europe during the Middle Ages.
Famine affected native peoples of the Americas as well. As a result of the Columbian Exchange, newly arrived species made the food supply more abundant and diverse on both sides of the ocean.
CORN OR MAIZE
Previously unknown, com became a dietary staple in Mediterranean, African, and Asian countries.
SUGAR
Europeans brought both sugar cane and enslaved Africans to grow it to the Americas.
- maize
• potatoes
* sweet potatoes
• beans
- peanuts
- squash
• pumpkins
• peppers
- pineapples
* tomatoes
• cocoa
WHEAT AND RICE
Brought by Spaniards, wheat and rice grew well in the Americas. Rice was sometimes used as a substitute for corn.
COWS AND PIGS
Cows and pigs were unknown in the Americas before
Europeans brought them. Over time, Native Americans added beef and pork to their diets.
wheat
• sugar
• bananas
• rice
• grapes
- olive oil
• dandelions
• horses
• pigs
• COWS
• goats
- chickens
From Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas
From the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia
- corn
- potatoes
- sweet potatoes
- beans
- peanuts
- squash
- pumpkins
- peppers
- pineapples
- tomatoes
- cocoa
From Europe, Africa, and Asia to the Americas:
- wheat
- sugar
- bananas
- rice
- grapes
- olive oil
- dandelions
- horses
- pigs
- cows
- goats
- chickens
From the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia:
- maize