QUESTIONS 8 – 13 COMPLETE THE TABLE BELOW. CHOOSE ONE WORD ONLY FROM T...

12. 1770 - nutmeg plants were secretly taken to ______

Key words: 1770, secretly taken

As 1770 is mentioned in paragraph 6, we would investigate this paragraph. It states that:

“a Frenchman … smuggled nutmeg plants to safety in Mauritius”. “Smuggle” means to

steal or to take something secretly, so this is the piece of information we are looking for.

Therefore, Mauritius is our answer to question 12.

 secretly take = smuggle

→ Answer: Mauritius