The Product That Spanish Conquistadors Found in the New World

question 81

Multiple Choice

The product that Spanish conquistadors found in the New World and took back to Europe that greatly affected the growth of the European population, especially among the lower classes, was ________.

• A) gold
• B) tobacco
• C) the potato
• D) the coca plant

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