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From the Ted Talk by Chris A. Kniesly: How corn conquered the world
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These mountains of maize inspired numerous corn concoctions. Cornstarch could be used as a thickening agnet for everything from gasoline to glue or processed into a low-cost sweetener known as High-Fructose Corn Syrup. Maize quickly became one of the cheapest animal fdees worldwide. This allowed for inevnpseixe meat production, which in turn increased the dnaemd for meat and corn feed. taody, humans eat only 40% of all cultivated corn, while the remaining 60% suprpots consumer good industries worldwide.
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These mountains of maize inspired numerous corn concoctions. Cornstarch could be used as a thickening _____ for everything from gasoline to glue or processed into a low-cost sweetener known as High-Fructose Corn Syrup. Maize quickly became one of the cheapest animal _____ worldwide. This allowed for ___________ meat production, which in turn increased the ______ for meat and corn feed. _____, humans eat only 40% of all cultivated corn, while the remaining 60% ________ consumer good industries worldwide.
Solution
- demand
- inexpensive
- supports
- today
- feeds
- agent
Original Text
These mountains of maize inspired numerous corn concoctions. Cornstarch could be used as a thickening agent for everything from gasoline to glue or processed into a low-cost sweetener known as High-Fructose Corn Syrup. Maize quickly became one of the cheapest animal feeds worldwide. This allowed for inexpensive meat production, which in turn increased the demand for meat and corn feed. Today, humans eat only 40% of all cultivated corn, while the remaining 60% supports consumer good industries worldwide.
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Important Words
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- glue
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- humans
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- sweetener
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- today
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- worldwide