Question
Which description of the Columbian Exchange and its consequences is inaccurate?
Responses
It spread diseases, including smallpox, in the Americas.
It spread diseases, including smallpox, in the Americas.
It had the transfer of people, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds.
It had the transfer of people, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds.
It led to horses on the Great Plains of North America.
It led to horses on the Great Plains of North America.
It had corn and potatoes as crops in the Americas for the first time.
Responses
It spread diseases, including smallpox, in the Americas.
It spread diseases, including smallpox, in the Americas.
It had the transfer of people, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds.
It had the transfer of people, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds.
It led to horses on the Great Plains of North America.
It led to horses on the Great Plains of North America.
It had corn and potatoes as crops in the Americas for the first time.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The inaccurate description is:
"It had corn and potatoes as crops in the Americas for the first time."
Corn (maize) and potatoes are native crops of the Americas and were cultivated there long before the Columbian Exchange. The exchange did, however, introduce these crops to Europe and other parts of the world.
"It had corn and potatoes as crops in the Americas for the first time."
Corn (maize) and potatoes are native crops of the Americas and were cultivated there long before the Columbian Exchange. The exchange did, however, introduce these crops to Europe and other parts of the world.