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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 party did Deng Xiaoping become the leader of in the latter part of the twentieth century?
(a) The Communist party.
(b) The Socialist party.
(c) The Capitalist party.
(d) The Fascist party.

2. What is the title of Chapter 20?
(a) Where in the World.
(b) That Word is Greek.
(c) The Soil Never Sets On.
(d) Developing a Thirst.

3. What did people find in the USA whilst looking for salt deposits?
(a) Silver.
(b) Coal.
(c) Gold.
(d) Oil.

4. How did the British create serious salt shortages during the American War for Independence?
(a) They took over all the towns with salt industries.
(b) They blew up the salt mines.
(c) They befriended the Native Indians.
(d) They blockaded American ports.

5. Which country helped the new China Republic to rebuild their salt industry?
(a) Japan.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) USA.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of drilling took over percussion drilling in 1943?

2. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?

3. What did Union forces destroy in West Virginia in 1862?

4. What did Mattias Schleiden claim was the mark of all tyrannies?

5. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

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

3. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

4. While were the colonies of Massachusetts and Virgina so reliant on Britain?

5. How did the French finance minister reform the salt taxes?

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

7. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

8. How did the Americans try to combat the British blockade?

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

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

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