Question

Often crops are associated with regions other than the one in which they were developed. For example, the "Irish" or "Idaho" potato originated in the Andean Highlands. Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in _____a) West Africa.b) the Fertile Crescent.c) Central America.d) Southeast Asia.

Answer 1

Corn of the American "Corn Belt" originated in Central America.

The Corn Belt is a region of the Midwestern United States that, since the 1850s, has dominated corn production in the United States. More generally, the concept of the "Corn Belt" connotes the area of the Midwest dominated by farming and agriculture