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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 did the Parma locals feed their pigs?

2. Why was the payment the Roman soldiers received called a salary?

3. What two groups was Rome divided between?

4. What took over the Mediterranean Sea as the main trade route for salt?

5. What did the Egyptians mix with Brine to make Oxalme?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the policy known as common salt?

2. How did the Basques earn their fortune before the discovery of salt?

3. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

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

5. What influence has salt had on modern day language?

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

7. Why did pilgrims in New England rely so heavily on salt?

8. Why is cod a perfect fish for salting?

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

10. How did the British make salt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Venice develop into a center for salt trading? How did they maximize their profits and in what way did this lead to their eventual demise?

Essay Topic 2

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

Why is salt essential to our diet? What problems can too much salt in our diets cause?

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