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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 famous company did a man named Birdseye form?

2. Where were the Mormons before they settled in Utah?

3. In which English town does Chapter 20 take place?

4. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?

5. What did the American south lack adequate supplies for against the north?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

3. How did the French finance minister reform the salt taxes?

4. How did the British help the Chinese in 1912?

5. Why do people combine salt and sugar?

6. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

7. How did the northern states immediately get one over the southern states at the start of the Civil War?

8. What happened to Cheshire salt?

9. How did Britain change the salt industry in India?

10. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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