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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5 Summary (Chapter 10 The Hapsburg Pickle, Chapter 11 The Leaving of Liverpool, Chapter 12 American Salt Wars).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?
(a) The Yellow River.
(b) The Green River.
(c) The Yangez.
(d) The Yangtze.

2. Why were dead bodies so important to the Egyptians?
(a) They needed the bones for sculptures.
(b) They were full of salt.
(c) They were a reminder of how important life is.
(d) They were the vessel which connected life to the afterlife.

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

4. Which continent did the Vikings go to in search of cod?
(a) Asia.
(b) North America.
(c) South America.
(d) Oceania.

5. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) Salt and Independence.
(b) Liberte, Egalite, Tax Breaks.
(c) Preserving Independece.
(d) What is Freedom?

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?

2. What is the author discussing at the beginning of Chapter 11?

3. Who did the Basques learn shipbuilding from?

4. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?

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

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