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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 did the plebeians usually make their money?

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

3. How did the salt wars start?

4. What other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

6. How did the Basques discover cod?

7. How did the Chinese develop soy sauce?

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

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

10. How did the British make salt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Why did cod become such an important source of food? How did the discovery of cod by the Europeans effect European industry?

Essay Topic 3

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

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