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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal did the Celts prize over all others?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. What did Veleia have that helped in the production of salt?

4. What do the French age their cheese in?

5. What did the Romans call the salt they gave out to everybody?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

3. What was the policy known as common salt?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

10. How is Roquefort cheese made?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the construction of Kurlansky's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Kurlansky's argument?

Essay Topic 2

In what way did salt play a major part in India gaining independence from the British in 1948? How had the British used salt to oppress the Indians previously?

Essay Topic 3

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

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