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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which continent has salt consumption almost halved?
(a) North America.
(b) Europe.
(c) Africa.
(d) Asia.

2. Why did the British ban Orissa salt?
(a) Because it was used for religious practises.
(b) It was causing disease among the British community.
(c) So they could market their own salt.
(d) Because it was causing tensions within the country.

3. Which of the following countries did not go to America to find salt?
(a) France.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) Holland.

4. What did Mattias Schleiden claim was the mark of all tyrannies?
(a) Salt mines.
(b) War.
(c) Salt tax.
(d) Genocide.

5. Which two states were colonies of Britain?
(a) Masschusetts and Virginia.
(b) Kentucky and Ohio.
(c) North Carolnia and South Carolina.
(d) California and Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the British create serious salt shortages during the American War for Independence?

2. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?

3. What is Appert's nationality?

4. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?

5. What is the title of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do people believe the Dead Sea is so salty?

2. How did Britain enforce the new salt laws?

3. How did the South finally get its supplies of salt?

4. While were the colonies of Massachusetts and Virgina so reliant on Britain?

5. How did the northern states immediately get one over the southern states at the start of the Civil War?

6. How did the British help the Chinese in 1912?

7. How did the Americans try to combat the British blockade?

8. What happened to Cheshire salt?

9. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

10. What impact did Humphry Davy have on the salt industry?

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