section_path: History/Columbian exchange
section_name: Columbian exchange
paragraph_text: Columbian exchange
  
  Exploration and colonisation of North and South America resulted in the introduction into Europe of such crops as maize, potatoes, sweet potatoes and manioc, while the principal Old World livestock – cattle, horses, sheep and goats – were introduced into the New World for the first time along with wheat, barley, rice and turnips.