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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 culture is the author talking about at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) German.
(c) Swedish.
(d) British.

2. Which of the following Italian cities flourished after the fall of Rome?
(a) Naples.
(b) Venice.
(c) Florence.
(d) Milan.

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

4. What food is it thought that Marco Polo introduced to Italy?
(a) Chocolate.
(b) Pasta.
(c) Olive oil.
(d) Pizza.

5. In what way is Garum similar to soy sauce?
(a) It was used as a medicine.
(b) It contained soy beans.
(c) It was a condiment used to salt food.
(d) It is a black liquid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?

2. How does one know if an English town was once a salt producing town?

3. What is the name of the national dish of Poland?

4. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?

5. What is the title of Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Basques discover cod?

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

4. How did salt become one of the first mediums of exchange?

5. Why was salt in such high demand in Britain?

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

7. Why were the Celts viewed as fearsome warriors?

8. How did salt become the foundation of the commercial empire in Venice?

9. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

10. What was the policy known as common salt?

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