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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3 Summary (Chapter 5 Salting it Away in the Adriatic, Chapter 6, Two Ports and the Prosciutto in Between).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Yi Dun believed to have made salt?
(a) By chipping the salt stone into small pieces.
(b) By leaving brine out in the sun.
(c) By soaking the saltstone in drinking water.
(d) By boiling brine in iron pans.

2. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?
(a) The salted fish trade.
(b) The tartar steak trade.
(c) The saltstone trade.
(d) The Garum sauce trade.

3. What food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?
(a) Pasta.
(b) Olive oil.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Pizza.

4. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?
(a) The Atlantic Ocean.
(b) The Dead Sea.
(c) The Pacific Ocean.
(d) The Indian Ocean.

5. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?
(a) Depth drilling.
(b) Percussion drilling.
(c) Capo drilling.
(d) Hotrod drilling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the direct translation of Via Salaria?

2. What kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?

3. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?

4. Why did Egyptian priests abstain from salt?

5. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?

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