Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Chapter 24 Potato, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 24: Potato


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Questions

1. Where was the potato domesticated?
2. When was the classic period of the Inca Empire?
3. Which Inca ruler was known as the "earth-shaker"?
4. How long did the Inca Empire expand?
5. When did Francisco Pizarro land in Ecuador?
6. How many men did Francisco Pizarro have with him when he landed in Ecuador?
7. How many horses did Francisco Pizarro have with him when he landed in Ecuador?
8. In what year did Pizarro meet Atahualpa?
9. Why did the Spanish ignore the agriculture system of the Incas?
10. Where was the potato first cultivated outside of South America?
11. What was The Thirty Years War?
12. Which war eventually became a conflict between the Bourbon and Habsburg Dynasties?
13. Where was the Great Hunger?
14. To which cities in Britain did Irish people emigrated to during the Great Hugner?
15. To which countries did Irish people emigrated to during the Great Hunger?
16. What were known as "Coffin Ships"?
17. What is the name of the most serious disease of the potato?
18. What is the official name of The Blight?



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