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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What the area of Bohemia now called?
(a) Australia.
(b) Czech Republic.
(c) Slovenia.
(d) Slovakia.

3. What two groups was Rome divided between?
(a) Gods and men.
(b) Normans and Romans.
(c) Patricians and plebeians.
(d) Celts and Huns.

4. How did the salt wars start?
(a) Salzburg tried to undercut their salt prices.
(b) Satzburg refused to sell salt to foreigners.
(c) Salzburg destroyed their salt mines.
(d) Salzburg closed their borders.

5. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?
(a) Pleb salt.
(b) The people's salt.
(c) Common salt.
(d) Salt of the earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?

2. What became the most important salt producing town in England in the 9th century?

3. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?

4. How did the plebeians usually make their money?

5. What is the title of Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Garum?

2. How did the people of Parma make their ham?

3. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

4. In what way can American history be described as a constant struggle over salt?

5. In what way was meat an essential part of central Europe rather than salt?

6. How did the Ventian government maximize their profits from the salt trade?

7. How did salt help in developing one of the world's first plumbing systems?

8. How did the Basques earn their fortune before the discovery of salt?

9. How did Christopher Columbus cause the decline of Venice?

10. How do the people of Parma make their cheese?

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