Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 24: Potato
Go to Questions
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Answer Key
1. The potato was domesticated in Lake Titicaca in Peru.
2. The Classic Period of the Inca Empire was in 1438.
3. Pachacuti was the Inca Ruler known as the "earth-shaker."
4. The Inca Empire expanded to Western Coast of South America from central Chile to Colombia.
5. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador in 1532.
6. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador with 168 men.
7. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador with 27 horses.
8. Francisco Pizarro met Atahualpa in July 1532.
9. Answers will vary
10. The potato first cultivated outside of South America in the Canary Islands.
11. The Thirty Years War was a 1618 to 1648 War between Protestant and Catholic states.
12. The Thirty Years War eventually became a conflict between the Bourbon and Habsburg Dynasties.
13. The Great Hunger was in Ireland in 1845.
14. The Irish people emigrated to Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham during the Great Hunger.
15. The Irish people emigrated to Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. during the Great Hunger.
16. "Coffin Ships" were ships carrying Irish people.
17. Late Blight is the name of the most serious disease of the potato.
18. The official name of "Late Blight" is Phytophthora Infestans.
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 24: Potato
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. The potato was domesticated in Lake Titicaca in Peru.
2. The Classic Period of the Inca Empire was in 1438.
3. Pachacuti was the Inca Ruler known as the "earth-shaker."
4. The Inca Empire expanded to Western Coast of South America from central Chile to Colombia.
5. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador in 1532.
6. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador with 168 men.
7. Francisco Pizarro landed in Ecuador with 27 horses.
8. Francisco Pizarro met Atahualpa in July 1532.
9. Answers will vary
10. The potato first cultivated outside of South America in the Canary Islands.
11. The Thirty Years War was a 1618 to 1648 War between Protestant and Catholic states.
12. The Thirty Years War eventually became a conflict between the Bourbon and Habsburg Dynasties.
13. The Great Hunger was in Ireland in 1845.
14. The Irish people emigrated to Manchester, Liverpool, and Birmingham during the Great Hunger.
15. The Irish people emigrated to Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. during the Great Hunger.
16. "Coffin Ships" were ships carrying Irish people.
17. Late Blight is the name of the most serious disease of the potato.
18. The official name of "Late Blight" is Phytophthora Infestans.
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