Salt: A World History Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Salt: A World History Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 Summary (Chapter 5 Salting it Away in the Adriatic, Chapter 6, Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?
(a) Salted fish.
(b) Pickled gherkin.
(c) Pickled eggs.
(d) Salted olive.

2. What is the direct translation of Via Salaria?
(a) Salt freeway.
(b) Salt path.
(c) Salt road.
(d) Salt river.

3. What do Parma locals combine milk curds with to make their cheese?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Pepper.
(c) Cream.
(d) Salt.

4. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?
(a) The radio.
(b) The compass.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Papermaking.

5. What famous explorer does the author mention in this section?
(a) James Cook.
(b) Dean wren.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) Christopher Columbus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?

2. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?

3. Which town eventually conquered Veleia?

4. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?

5. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?

(see the answer key)

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