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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What river did Gandhi lead a group to in 1930 to scrape up sea salt?

2. In which English town does Chapter 20 take place?

3. Which country are said to be the largest consumers of salt in the world?

4. What famous event happened in India in 1857?

5. What is the title of Chapter 18?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

3. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

4. How did a man called Appert destroy the salt industry?

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

6. How did Britain enforce the new salt laws?

7. How did the American War of Independence begin?

8. What virtually destroyed the salt industry in China in 1995?

9. How did Britain change the salt industry in India?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the author's writing style. How would you describe the author's writing style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? What meaning does the author's style give to the story?

Essay Topic 3

What role does salt play in today's society? Why is it likely salt will always play a major part in society?

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