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''Inadequate response below. Corrected response The explanation for the contrast with the Old World is not hard to find: their main food plants, corn, squash, and beans (add potatoes in South America) provide, if eaten together, all 12 of the necessary amino acids. The supplementary foods grown by early American farmers include tomatoes and peppers, which have spread all over the world since 1492.''
 
 
Agriculture means modifying the environment to your advantage. The Domestication of plants and animals in this case changed the landscape. This happened because the crops that were planted that eventually spread to other areas causing there too be multiple areas of soil that are now covered with these plants. The domestication of animals created a whole new way of living, for example, people would use animals for milk, meat, and other useful goods.
 
 
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