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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. Who believed that the Dead Sea would become a source of mineral wealth?

2. Who did Appert sell his invention to?

3. What river did Gandhi lead a group to in 1930 to scrape up sea salt?

4. What is the name of the sea that runs alongside Jordan and Israel?

5. In which part of China does Cantonese food come from?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

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

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

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

7. How did the American War of Independence begin?

8. How did a man called Appert destroy the salt industry?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Why is salt essential to our diet? What problems can too much salt in our diets cause?

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