Which of the common foods were not known to people until about five centuries ago?

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Sweet potatoes

Groundnut and maize

Soya, chillies, and tomatoes

All of these

answer is D.

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Sweet potatoes, groundnut and maize, soya, chillies, and tomatoes are common foods not known to people until about five centuries ago.
New crops were introduced to the country by traders and travellers. Many items eaten today, such as potatoes, soya, groundnuts, maize, tomatoes, chillies, sweet potatoes, and so on, were unknown until around five centuries ago. After Christopher Columbus explored the vast area that would later be known as the Americas, these items were brought to Europe and Asia. Spaghetti evolved from Chinese noodles that travelled west. After potatoes were introduced to Europe, the impoverished began eating better and living longer. The pasta was brought to Sicily, an Italian island, by Arab traders.

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