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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2 Summary (Chapter 3 Saltmen Hard as Codfish, Chapter 4 Salt's Salad Days).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?
(a) Lake Pang.
(b) Lake Shanxi.
(c) Lake Yuncheng.
(d) Lake Panieux.

3. In which country does the author say he bought the rock?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) USA.

4. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?
(a) They used their money to buy salt for their families.
(b) They celebrated their salary with a heavily salted meal.
(c) They were sometimes paid in salt.
(d) They often saved up their money to buy salt mines.

5. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?
(a) Japan.
(b) Vietnam.
(c) Thailand.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the process in which the Japanese ferment beans in earthen pots?

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

3. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?

4. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?

5. What two groups was Rome divided between?

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