ExpositoryTextPAIREDREADACleanSweepTheSpiceTradebyDavidMurphySTRATEGIES&SKILLSComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:MainIdeaandKeyDetailsVocabularyStrategyLatinRootsVocabularycommodity,distribution,dominant,edible,impenetrable,ornate,replenished,significantContentStandardsSocialStudiesEconomicsPhotographyCredit:SydneyJames/DigitalVision/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:2,777**ACopyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118586-3MHID:0-02-118586-7PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110TheSpiceTradebyDavidMurphyPAIREDREADIntroduction..................................2Chapter1AReasonforDiscovery.........................4Chapter2TheFightforControl...........................8Chapter3TheDemandforSpices.........................12Conclusion...................................17RespondtoReading...........................18ACleanSweep......................19Glossary.....................................22Index........................................23FocusonSocialStudies........................24EssentialQuestionHowhavepeopleusednaturalresources?Spicesthatwereonceasvaluableasgoldcannowbefoundonanysupermarketshelf.Nowadayspeopledonotthinkmuchaboutaneverydayfooditemsuchaspepper.Itisavailableeverywhereandisusedinmanyofthemealsweeat.Manycenturiesago,however,pepperandotherspiceswereveryrareandwerevaluedashighlyaspreciousmetalssuchasgoldandsilver.Thesedayswespendhugeamountsofmoneyinsearchofnaturalresourcessuchasoilandminerals.Centuriesagopeoplespentsimilaramountsinsearchofnaturalresourc...
