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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. In what publication did social commentator and writer Mary Gay Humphreys describe the merits of soda water in 1891?

2. When was the Ming dynasty in control?

3. Where did Jacob of Lebanon open the first coffeeshop in western Europe?

4. What local governer in Mecca put coffee on trial in June of 1511?

5. Who declared the British Empire in 1773 as an empire on which the sun never sets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are kola nuts? Where did they originate?

2. How and when did the consumption of soda water become widespread in the United States?

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

4. How is coffee made? Where and when did it originate as a beverage?

5. What was French Wine Coca and when did it emerge?

6. What does the Scientific Revolution refer to?

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

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

9. What are the medicinal values of tea?

10. When and how did Joseph Priestley discover carbonation?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of beer in Ancient Egypt. How was beer made in Egypt? What was its economic value? What religious or mythological roles did beer play?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the ingredients and the processes involved in making beer. From what was early beer made? How have the ingredients of beer changed over time? What do different styles of beer tell us about the cultures where they have arisen?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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