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how did the Columbian Exchange create an era for population growth, explain the benefits and concerns throughout this growth

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The Columbian Exchange greatly increased the food supply in the Old World. An increased food supply, in turn, increased the human reproductive rate. More food meant more people survived to the reproductive age, thereby increasing the population in the Old World.

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