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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 major even occurred in India in 1947?
(a) They were bombed.
(b) They were handed back Pakistan.
(c) They gained independence.
(d) They were invaded.

2. What part of Virginia sided with the union?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) East Virginia.
(c) North Virgina.
(d) South Virginia.

3. What subject does the author discuss in Chapter 19?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Geology.

4. What is the title of Chapter 16?
(a) Divided Between Worlds.
(b) Purple Salt.
(c) The War Between the Salts.
(d) Red Salt.

5. Which country does Chapter 23 examine?
(a) Iran.
(b) India.
(c) Pakistan.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which state is the Great Salt Lake located?

2. What did Appert invent?

3. What color was the brine the settlers in San Francisco took from the sea before the made it into salt?

4. Which country helped the new China Republic to rebuild their salt industry?

5. Where were the Mormons before they settled in Utah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What impact did Humphry Davy have on the salt industry?

2. Why was India ruled entirely by a British government in 1857?

3. What virtually destroyed the salt industry in China in 1995?

4. Why did the French hate salt taxes so much?

5. How did the Dead Sea become a health spa?

6. How was Tabasco invented?

7. Why do people believe the Dead Sea is so salty?

8. Why do people combine salt and sugar?

9. How did Britain change the salt industry in India?

10. What problems do the British salt mines have in this section?

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