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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 country was Matthias Schleiden from?

2. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?

3. What is the title of Chapter 26?

4. What was the French salt tax also known as?

5. What is the title of Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

4. How did the Dead Sea become a health spa?

5. In what areas dishes does the heavy use of salt still survive?

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

7. How did the American War of Independence begin?

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

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

10. Why was India ruled entirely by a British government in 1857?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way did salt play a major part in India gaining independence from the British in 1948? How had the British used salt to oppress the Indians previously?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Dead Sea so important to Israeli industry? Why could the Dead Sea soon disappear?

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