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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 do Americans mostly use their salt for?

2. What does sodium become if one isolates the chemical chlorine?

3. What is the name of the canal the Americans built on New York to transport salt?

4. What was name of the sauce that McIhenny invented?

5. Which country helped the new China Republic to rebuild their salt industry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

2. What is unique about the Dead Sea?

3. What problems do the British salt mines have in this section?

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

5. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

6. How did the South finally get its supplies of salt?

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

8. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

9. How did the Americans try to combat the British blockade?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Venice develop into a center for salt trading? How did they maximize their profits and in what way did this lead to their eventual demise?

Essay Topic 2

How did the rise in salt trade change Europe and the relations between the individual countries? How did the rise in salt trade effect individuals lives? In what what way could it be said they salt trade was partly responsible for many conflicts and tensions during this time?

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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