The correct answer is potato. The potato was a crop from the New World that provided significant nourishment to the growing population of Europe. In Ireland, over-dependence on the potato as a staple food led to the tragic Great Famine in the mid-19th century when a potato blight devastated the crop.
Which crop from the New World provided nourishment to the growing population of Europe, and eventually led to tragedy in Ireland when people became overly dependent on it?
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tomato
tomato
squash
squash
corn
corn
potato
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