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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. How does one know if an English town was once a salt producing town?

2. What is the title of Chapter 5?

3. Which continent did the Vikings go to in search of cod?

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

5. Why did the Romans used to salt their greens?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the Celts viewed as fearsome warriors?

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

3. How did salt help in developing one of the world's first plumbing systems?

4. How did ketchup develop into tomato ketchup?

5. Why did the author become fascinated by salt?

6. How did salt help the Swedes economically?

7. What was Garum?

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

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

10. How is Roquefort cheese made?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way has salt been an indicator of wealth? How have the authorities tries to use salt to control the masses?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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