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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 prevents salt from absorbing into meat?

2. What was the most popular fish in Europe between the 16th and 18th century?

3. In what way is Garum similar to soy sauce?

4. Which town eventually conquered Veleia?

5. Which Spanish town does the author mention in this section?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the Basques discover cod?

3. How did the Chinese develop soy sauce?

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

5. How did Christopher Columbus cause the decline of Venice?

6. How did the Chinese make salt in 800 BC.

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

8. How did the people of Parma make their ham?

9. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was Basque culture like before they discovered how important salt was? How did salt change the Basque way of life?

Essay Topic 2

What health problems can salt cause? How have countries tried to combat the health problems caused by too much salt?

Essay Topic 3

Why is the Dead Sea so important to Israeli industry? Why could the Dead Sea soon disappear?

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