Question

name the crop that our ancestors did not know until about five centuries ago​

Answer 1

name the crop that our ancestors did not know until about five centuries ago

Ans - Potato

Answer 2

The potato was the crop ‘our ancestors’ did not know until about ‘five centuries ago’.

Explanation:

• There were many food items that were not known to people until about a few centuries back.  

• There were items like potato, maize, tomatoes, chillies, groundnut, and more items that were ‘unknown to people’.  

• Christopher Columbus discovered the large continent and thereafter these items were discovered in Asia and were introduced to the European countries.  

• Today potato has become the ‘fifth most important crop’ globally.