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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. Which two vegetables were the most important in central Europe during the Hapsburg dynasty?

2. What two groups was Rome divided between?

3. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?

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

5. What prevents salt from absorbing into meat?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

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

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

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

5. What did the Japanese used to believe about salt?

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

7. What was Garum?

8. How did the Chinese develop soy sauce?

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

10. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why was Humphry Davy in the development of salt? What problems has Davy's discovery caused?

Essay Topic 2

How did the salt trade help to develop transport systems in Europe and America? How did countries use these trading systems during times of conflict?

Essay Topic 3

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

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