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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. Where were the Mormons before they settled in Utah?

2. On which continent has salt consumption almost halved?

3. What form of resistance did Gandhi develop while in jail?

4. What color was the brine the settlers in San Francisco took from the sea before the made it into salt?

5. What did one person bring onto Avery Island to farm?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do people combine salt and sugar?

4. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

5. Why did another war breakout between America and Britain in 1812?

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

7. Why did the French hate salt taxes so much?

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

9. How was Tabasco invented?

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

What role does salt play in today's society? Why is it likely salt will always play a major part in society?

Essay Topic 2

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

1. China.

2. Britain.

3. USA.

4. Italy.

Essay Topic 3

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

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