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

2. What European language group is Basque related to?
(a) None.
(b) Germanic.
(c) Latin.
(d) Slavic.

3. In which state did Jefferson live?
(a) Virginia.
(b) New York.
(c) North Carolina.
(d) California.

4. What does the author say is the lesser known river of England?
(a) The Mersey.
(b) The Severn.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Danube.

5. What famous explorer does the author mention in this section?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) James Cook.
(c) Dean wren.
(d) Marco Polo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Parma locals feed their pigs?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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