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

10 - 11. 17th century - The Dutch

- put ______ on nutmeg to avoid it being cultivated outside the islands

- finally obtained the island of ______ from the British

Key words: 17th century, Dutch, avoid, outside, obtained, British

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The information on the Dutch protecting its monopoly position is given in paragraph 5. It

mentions that “all exported nutmeg was covered with lime to make sure there was no

chance a fertile seed which could be grown elsewhere would leave the islands”. It could

then be understood that to avoid fertile seed being grown - or cultivated - outside the

islands, the Dutch used lime to cover nutmeg, or in other words, put lime on nutmeg.

Therefore, “lime” is the answer to question 10. We can now find the answer to question