Question

One of the plant introduced from new world to the old world
A. Wheat
B. Potato
C. Rice
D. Sugarcane

Answer 1

Hint:- The Columbian exchange, named after Christopher Columbus, is the transfer of animals, plants, culture, human population, diseases, and technology in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries between the Americas, West Africa, and the Old World.

Complete step-by-step solution:-
The new world history focuses on the Americas i.e., North, Central, and South America while the old world history focuses on the events in Asia, Africa, and Europe-continents that were known before the exploration of the Americas. Christopher Columbus introduced certain animals (horses), sugar plants, and diseases to the new world from the old world while introducing certain commodities like sugar, tobacco, potato from the new world to the old world. These plants were introduced to the old world to change the cuisine there.
Options (A), (C), and (D) are incorrect because these plants were not introduced into the old world from the new world. These were the examples of old-world crops that have not traveled west across the Atlantic sea.
Hence, the correct option is (B).

Additional information:-
Columbian exchange took place following the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492. It was the Europeans who crossed the Atlantic sea after the voyage of Christopher Columbus and brought with them plants, animals, and disease that resulted in the change in lives and landscapes on either side of the ocean.

Note:- The plants that were native to the Americas (new world) have been spread around the world (old world) through the Columbian exchange. These plants include potato, tomato, tobacco, maize, etc. Potatoes were never grown outside of South America before 1500.