The Impact of the Potato Reading Answer
A The potato was first cultivated in South America between three and seven thousand years ago, though scientists believe they may have grown wild in the region as long as 13,000 years ago. The genetic patterns of potato distribution indicate that the potato probably originated in the mountainous west-central region of the continent.
B Early Spanish chroniclers who misused the Indian word batata (sweet potato) as the name for the potato noted the importance of the tuber to the Incan Empire. The Incas had learned to preserve the potato for storage by dehydrating and mashing potatoes into a substance called Chuchu could be stored in a room for up to 10 years, providing excellent insurance against possible crop failures. As well as using the food as a staple crop, the Incas thought potatoes made childbirth easier and used it to treat injuries.
The Impact of the Potato Reading Answer
1. false
2. false
3. not given
4. true
5. true
6. flower
7. prejudice
8. reverse
9. meat
10. crops
11. soil
12. cultivation
13. investment
14. C
15. E
16. B
17. F
18. D
19. no
20. no
21. no
22. not given
23. no
24. yes
25. B
26. D
27. yes
28. not given
29. no
30. yes
31. B
32. C
33. A
34. D
35. B
36. B
37. F
38. E
39. A
40. D
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