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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 did Sarah Hale discover could preserve fish?

2. What do Americans mostly use their salt for?

3. By what name was Cincinnati also known as?

4. What party did Deng Xiaoping become the leader of in the latter part of the twentieth century?

5. What did people find in England while looking for salt deposits?

Short Essay Questions

1. While were the colonies of Massachusetts and Virgina so reliant on Britain?

2. How did Morton become the world's largest salt producer?

3. What happened to Cheshire salt?

4. What virtually destroyed the salt industry in China in 1995?

5. How did the Indians react to the British banning the trade of their salt?

6. Why was India ruled entirely by a British government in 1857?

7. How did New York improve the salt industry after the 1812 war?

8. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

9. What did Birdseye discover?

10. Why do people believe the Dead Sea is so salty?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did salt start to become less important to society in the 19th century? How did this affect the food industry in both Europe and America?

Essay Topic 2

What part did salt play in the following conflicts?

1. The American Revolution.

2. The French Revolution.

3. The American Civil War.

Essay Topic 3

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

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