View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4 Summary (Chapter 7 Friday's Salt, Chapter 8 A Nordic Dream, Chapter 9 A Nordic Dream).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?
(a) Chipping and licking.
(b) Filing and combing.
(c) Dragging and gathering.
(d) Carving and holing.

2. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?
(a) Salted fish.
(b) Salted olive.
(c) Pickled eggs.
(d) Pickled gherkin.

3. Who did the Basques learn shipbuilding from?
(a) The British.
(b) The Spanish.
(c) The Romans.
(d) The Vikings.

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. Why was cod such an important find?
(a) It was plentiful.
(b) It has little fat.
(c) It was cheap to prodice.
(d) They are easy to breed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which emperor lead the Romans to victory against the Celts?

2. Which of the following did the Chinese not invent?

3. On what day did the Catholics ban the eating of meat?

4. Which country invaded the town of Veneto?

5. What group was the ruling class of Rome?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 205 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample