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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 was the French salt tax also known as?
(a) The Toulouse.
(b) The Gabelle.
(c) The Chappelle.
(d) The Rogue.

2. What did Mattias Schleiden claim was the mark of all tyrannies?
(a) Genocide.
(b) War.
(c) Salt tax.
(d) Salt mines.

3. What was the most famous brand of sea salt from India before the British came?
(a) Burra.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Orissa.
(d) Baltic.

4. Wht did international health group begin to worry about the effects of salt?
(a) It was being made with chemicals.
(b) It lacks vitamins.
(c) It lacks iron.
(d) It lacks iodine.

5. Why did the British claim it was okay to kidnap American soldiers?
(a) They were slave owners.
(b) They were not men of God.
(c) They had British wives.
(d) They had deserted from the British Navy.

Short Answer Questions

1. On which continent has salt consumption almost halved?

2. Who led the popular movement against British salt polices?

3. Which of the following type of fish is not commonly salted?

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

5. Who was forbidden to trade with the United States after the revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

2. What did Birdseye discover?

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

4. Why did another war breakout between America and Britain in 1812?

5. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

6. How did the American War of Independence begin?

7. How did the British help the Chinese in 1912?

8. How did Britain enforce the new salt laws?

9. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

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

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