The correct answer is: Their crops influenced people's diets in many different regions around the world.
"For their part, Native Americans introduced Europeans, Africans, and
Asian to new foods, customs, and ideas. After 1492, elements of Native
American ways of life gradually spread around the world. Sadly, disease
also spread from the Americas to Europe and other parts of the world.
Native Americans introduced Europeans to valuable food crops such as
corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans, tomatoes, manioc, squash,
peanuts, pineapples, and blueberries. Today, almost half the world’s food
crops come from plants that were first grown in the Americas. Europeans
carried the new foods with them as they sailed around the world.
Everywhere, people’s diets changed and populations increased. In South
Asia, people used American hot peppers and chilis to spice stews.
Chinese peasants began growing corn and sweet potatoes. Italians made
sauces from tomatoes. People in West Africa grew manioc and corn."
Use the excerpt to answer the question:
Based on this excerpt from the text, what impact did the Native Americans
ultimately have on the rest of the world?
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Their food was in high demand and brought great wealth to the
Americas.
Their exposure to European disease eventually caused a serious decline
in the global population.
Their crops allowed Europeans to take longer voyages in order to
explore more distant lands.
Their crops influenced people's diets in many different regions around
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