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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 was known as Cordona's main treasure?

2. What food product was particularly popular in Rome and abroad?

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

4. What did the Parma locals feed their pigs?

5. What vegetable did the French peasants serve lean blubber with?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. In what way can American history be described as a constant struggle over salt?

6. How did the British make salt?

7. How did Salzburg cause the Salt War?

8. How did the Ventian government maximize their profits from the salt trade?

9. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

10. How did ketchup develop into tomato ketchup?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did salt help to develop European society? What problems did Europeans have before salt was readily available?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How were the following countries important in the development of salt?

1. China.

2. Britain.

3. USA.

4. Italy.

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