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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 had to be done to English bacon before one cooked it?

2. What is the name of the salt lake the Chinese fought over?

3. Which country does the author write about in Chapter 12?

4. Which of the following industries was one of the cornerstones of the Roman economy?

5. What does the author say is the lesser known river of England?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the British make salt?

4. Why was the castle of Cardona built on a mountainside?

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

6. How did the Chinese develop soy sauce?

7. Why were the Celts viewed as fearsome warriors?

8. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

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

10. Why were the Basques different from other Europeans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

How did the rise in salt trade change Europe and the relations between the individual countries? How did the rise in salt trade effect individuals lives? In what what way could it be said they salt trade was partly responsible for many conflicts and tensions during this time?

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