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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. Which of the following type of fish is not commonly salted?

2. What country does the author return to in Chapter 23?

3. What meat do the Chinese consume the most?

4. In what part of the USA was oil discovered?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the Dead Sea become a health spa?

4. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

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

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

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

8. Why have people decreased their salt intake?

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

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

In what way did salt play a major part in India gaining independence from the British in 1948? How had the British used salt to oppress the Indians previously?

Essay Topic 2

Why is the Dead Sea so important to Israeli industry? Why could the Dead Sea soon disappear?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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