Practice Test: Reading Comprehension - 23 | 100 RCs for GMAT PDF Download

Attempts to cultivate nutmeg trees outside of the Banda Islands had failed.

Few people lived in New Amsterdam before it was ceded to the British.

The British controlled trade in other valuable spices, such as cloves.

New Amsterdam served as a trading center for furs exported to Europe.

The Netherlands controlled no North American territories other than New Amsterdam.

The British arrived in the islands before the Dutch.

Nutmeg was the only spice that grew on the islands.

Natives of the islands produced nutmeg from the nuts of the nutmeg tree.

The Banda Islands are still in the possession of the Dutch.

The local economy of the islands depended completely on nutmeg.

It offers specific information to complete the logic of the author's claims.

It summarizes and evaluates the evidence given thus far.

It presents the author's main point to explain a unique situation.

It cites a particular case to demonstrate the importance of historical change.

It discusses the necessary outcome of the author's assertions.

Increased economic competition with Britain

Disappointment with the economic development of New Amsterdam

Frustration with the practices of Venetian spice merchants

Failure to cultivate nutmeg in other locations

Desire to restrict access to a commodity

tracing the history of a major city

discussing the role of spices in world development

offering a specific example to support a general claim

arguing for continued research into political history

presenting an innovative view of a commonplace item