UGC 112 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Vitis Vinifera, List Of Grape Varieties, Quinine
3 Dec 2017
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// the ecological exchange: plants and animals: christopher columbus credited with many firsts. Pigs, sheep, cattle, chickens & wheat: european grape variety -> vitis vinifera. Importance in world market -> american wines: americas supplied medicinal plants for africa & eurasia. High yield, short land-use cycle -> easier to cultivate than wheat. Favored by chinese immigrants & settlers in hill country. Never caught on in japan: potatoes. Failed to win popular favor -> japan, korea & china. Regionally restricted food in the americas -> cultivated in the andes. Only major staple that provides all the nutrients essential to human health. Weeds, grasses, and livestock: colonization by european weeds & grasses. Made parts of the new world able to support sheep, cattle & horses. Wheat: colonies needed generations of investment before they could be made viable. Cane sugar: sugar -> most important item of transoceanic trade, portuguese enterprise launched the brazilian sugar industry. Difficult crop to plant, harvest & refine.
