Question

These are some of the items that the Old World received from the New World:

A) Coffee, bananas, and sugar
B) Wheat, oats, and barley
C) Iron, tools, and textiles
D) Spices, silk, and porcelain

Answer 1

The options provided do not accurately reflect the goods the Old World received from the New World in the Columbian Exchange; crops like maize and potatoes came from the New World, while coffee and bananas were introduced to the New World by Europeans.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question pertains to the exchange of goods and foodstuffs between the Old World and the New World, often referred to as the Columbian Exchange. The correct answer to which items the Old World received from the New World is not listed among the options given. However, based on historical data, the Old World received goods like maize, potatoes, tomatoes, vanilla, cacao beans, and tobacco as part of this exchange, not the items listed in any of the options. Notably, crops such as coffee and bananas were indeed brought to the Americas from the Old World and not vice versa. Sugar cane also originated from the Old World and was successfully cultivated in the New World thanks to the favorable climates found there.

Answer 2

Old World rice, wheat, sugar cane, and livestock, among other crops, became important in the New World. American-produced silver flooded the world and became the standard metal used in coinage, especially in Imperial China.