--- title: The spice trade and the Indian Ocean — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Geography description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/) / The spice trade and the Indian Ocean # The spice trade and the Indian Ocean The 15 questions of lesson 29 «The spice trade and the Indian Ocean» of the geography course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t1/) — Why did pepper cost so much more in Europe than in India? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t2/) — My mate says the Indian Ocean was an empty sea till the Portuguese showed up. Right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t3/) — In the game, a trade company is a handy mechanic. What did the real companies become? — right ✓ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t4/) — How was Portuguese trade different from the trade that was already there? — right ✓ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t5/) — Why were tiny islands like Banda so important? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t6/) — Why was Malacca a perfect place for a port? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t7/) — Why did merchants share the cost of voyages in companies? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t8/) — why's pepper so cheap now if it was like gold back then — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t9/) — What would have happened to Venice's spice trade after ships sailed around Africa straight to India? — right ✓ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t10/) — Zheng He's biggest ships were larger than Columbus's. Do historians agree how large? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/t11/) — Kilwa was very rich in the 1300s. What happened to it in 1505? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which spices commanded exceptionally high prices in medieval Europe. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/e2/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the Indian Ocean prior to the arrival of the Portuguese? — right ✓ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/e3/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the conduct of the Portuguese in the Indian Ocean. — right ✓ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/29-the-spice-trade-and-the-indian-ocean/e4/) — It is given that Admiral Zheng He commanded seven expeditions between 1405 and 1433. Ascertain the furthest region attained by these fleets. — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [28. The Silk Road](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/28-the-silk-road/) - next →: [30. The Atlantic routes and the slave trade](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/30-the-atlantic-routes-and-the-slave-trade/) - ↑ back to [Geography](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/geography/)