Before the Columbian Exchange, most people in the New World did not rely
on livestock to help them grow food. Which statement from this passage
supports this conclusion?
American Indians were very, very roughly speaking the
equal of Old World farmers of crops. But American Indians
were inferior to the Old World raisers of animals. The
horse, cattle, sheep, and goat are all of Old World origin.
The only American domesticated animals of any kind were
the alpaca and the llama.
One of the early advantages of the Spanish over the
Mexican Aztecs, for instance, was that the Spanish had the
horse. It took the American Indians a little while to adopt
the horse and become equals on the field of battle.
-Alfred W. Crosby on the Columbian Exchange, 2011
A. The only American domesticated animals of any kind were the
alpaca and the llama.
B. American Indians were very, very roughly speaking the equal of Old
World farmers of crops.
C. It took the American Indians a little while to adopt the horse and
become equals on the field of battle.
D. One of the early advantages of the Spanish over the Mexican
Aztecs, for instance, was that the Spanish had the horse.