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Potatoes are _______.

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popular today

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In the paragraph 1, line 1 (Potatoes are very popular today)

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In the 1500s, people in Europe ______.

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did not like the potato as food

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In the paragraph 2, line 4 (But people in Europe did not like this strange vegetable)

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In 1780, people started to ______.

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eat potatoes in Ireland

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In the paragraph 3, line 1 (Around 1780, the people of Ireland started to eat potatoes)

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Potatoes grew in _____ 7,000 years ago.

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Peru

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In the paragraph 2, line 2 (The people of Peru in South America had been eating potatoes for 7,000 years!)

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In the _____s, the Spanish brought the potato back to Europe

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1500s

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In the paragraph 2, line 3 (The Spanish brought the potato back to Europe with them.)

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Poison in the _____ of potatoes.

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leaves

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In the paragraph 2, line 7 (This make them sick because there is poison in the leaves)

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A disease killed the _____ in Ireland in 1845.

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potato

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In the paragraph 3, line 8 (in 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger)

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_____ million people died of hunger in Ireland.

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2

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In the paragraph 3, line 8 (in 1845, a disease killed all the potatoes in Ireland. Two million people died of hunger)

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The most famous potato dish in Germany is ___

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potato salad

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In the paragraph 5, line 1 (Germans eat potato salad...)