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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. When was the Principia published?

2. Who suggested the name "Coca-Cola" for Pemberton's formula?

3. When did Gabriel Mathieu de Clieu introduce coffee to the French West Indes?

4. When was NATO established?

5. Official imports of tea in Britain went from about six tons in 1699 to how much in 1799?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was sparkling water (soda water) first promoted and sold?

2. When did John Pemberton first create the beverage that would become Coca-Cola? How was it first sold?

3. How did early French and English coffeehouses differ?

4. What were the impacts of the Tea Act of 1773? What did the act entail?

5. What was the British East India Company and when was it established?

6. How does coffee relate to the French Revolution?

7. How was Coca-Cola promoted during World War II?

8. When did the Industrial Revolution take place? What did it entail?

9. Who led to tea becoming fashionable in England? When did this occur?

10. Discuss the role of coffeehouses for information exchange in the seventeenth century.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the rise of the British Empire and discuss how tea came to represent British Imperialism. From where did the British obtain tea? How did its popularity in England spread? What does tea represent to the British today?

Essay Topic 2

When and where did wine originate? What are the components of wine production and how is it produced in its most rudimentary form? What historical advancements influenced wine production?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the emergence and spread in popularity of rum, whiskey, and bourbon in the American colonies. How were these spirits obtained? How were they viewed by the early colonists? How did they contribute to the American Revolution?

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