Passage 2
What is a spice?

Spice is an aromatic vegetable product used as a flavoring or condiment. In the past, the term "spice(s)" meant pungent or aromatic foods (e.g., gingerbread and currants). The word "spice(s)" was used to describe ingredients used to make incense and/or perfume (e.g., myrrh); "spice(s)" was also used to describe embalming agents. Today, "spice(s)" refers to flavorings used in food or drinks. Many spices still have additional uses as ingredients of medicines, perfumes, incense, and soaps.
Spices include stimulating condiments (e.g., pepper, mustard, and horseradish), aromatic spices (e.g. cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, and mace), and sweet herbs (e.g., thyme, marjoram, sage, and mint). Spices are taken from the part of the plant that is the richest in flavor. This part may be bark, stem, flower bud, fruit, seed, or leaf. Spices are very commonly used in the form of a powder. Many spices are used whole.
Garlic, chives, caraway, mustard, and many herbs grow in temperate regions. Vanilla, allspice, and red pepper are indigenous to the West Indies and South America. Most of the major spices are produced in the East Indies and tropical Asia.

The Spice Trade
Spices from India, East Asia, and the East Indies were in demand from ancient times. These spices were carried by caravan across China and India to ports of the Mediterranean Sea or the Persian Gulf. Then, they were carried to the marketplaces of Athens, Rome, and other cities. These spices were sold at high prices.
Spices were also used to trade for other items. In 408, Alaric I, the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome, is said to have demanded pepper as ransom. In the early Middle Ages, few spices reached the markets of Europe. The trade continued in the 9th century. The spice trade was active after the Crusades. In Western Europe, spices were wanted to add variety to their same old boring diet. In addition, the facilities to preserve food, especially meat, were poor.
Spices today are still important in trade. However, the per capita use as a flavoring for food has declined in Western civilizations. Certain spices must compete with synthetic flavorings. The demand for spices is still huge in Asia. In Asia, spices have a bigger social and ceremonial importance compared to the West.
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How is the information in the first passage similar to the information in the second passage?
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Both passages explain that herbs are leafy green plan

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Passage 2
What is a spice?

Spice is an aromatic vegetable product used as a flavoring or condiment. In the past, the term "spice(s)" meant pungent or aromatic foods (e.g., gingerbread and currants). The word "spice(s)" was used to describe ingredients used to make incense and/or perfume (e.g., myrrh); "spice(s)" was also used to describe embalming agents. Today, "spice(s)" refers to flavorings used in food or drinks. Many spices still have additional uses as ingredients of medicines, perfumes, incense, and soaps.
      Spices include stimulating condiments (e.g., pepper, mustard, and horseradish), aromatic spices (e.g. cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg, anise, and mace), and sweet herbs (e.g., thyme, marjoram, sage, and mint). Spices are taken from the part of the plant that is the richest in flavor. This part may be bark, stem, flower bud, fruit, seed, or leaf. Spices are very commonly used in the form of a powder. Many spices are used whole.
      Garlic, chives, caraway, mustard, and many herbs grow in temperate regions. Vanilla, allspice, and red pepper are indigenous to the West Indies and South America. Most of the major spices are produced in the East Indies and tropical Asia.

The Spice Trade
      Spices from India, East Asia, and the East Indies were in demand from ancient times. These spices were carried by caravan across China and India to ports of the Mediterranean Sea or the Persian Gulf. Then, they were carried to the marketplaces of Athens, Rome, and other cities. These spices were sold at high prices.
     Spices were also used to trade for other items. In 408, Alaric I, the first Germanic leader to take the city of Rome, is said to have demanded pepper as ransom. In the early Middle Ages, few spices reached the markets of Europe. The trade continued in the 9th century. The spice trade was active after the Crusades. In Western Europe, spices were wanted to add variety to their same old boring diet. In addition, the facilities to preserve food, especially meat, were poor.
      Spices today are still important in trade. However, the per capita use as a flavoring for food has declined in Western civilizations. Certain spices must compete with synthetic flavorings. The demand for spices is still huge in Asia. In Asia, spices have a bigger social and ceremonial importance compared to the West.
3
How is the information in the first passage similar to the information in the second passage?
 A. 
Both passages explain that herbs are leafy green plan