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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. When did Charles II take the throne of England, restoring the monarchy?

2. When did the first advertisement for Coca-Cola appear?

3. How many chests of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?

4. Official imports of tea in Britain went from about six tons in 1699 to how much in 1799?

5. When was the Society of Lloyds established?

Short Essay Questions

1. What opposition did coffee face in the Muslim world?

2. When and how did Joseph Priestley discover carbonation?

3. What caused the Opium War of 1839-42? How did it end?

4. When did the Industrial Revolution take place? What did it entail?

5. What are the components of the coca plant? Where does it grow?

6. Where and when did tea orignate as a beverage?

7. How was sparkling water (soda water) first promoted and sold?

8. When did the first Europeans travel to China? How and where did they establish trade?

9. Discuss the role of coffeehouses for information exchange in the seventeenth century.

10. When, where, and by whom was the first coffeehouse opened in London?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the origins of coffee. When and where was coffee first brewed in beverage form? What ingredients comprise coffee? What equipment is needed to make coffee?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the transition from hunter-gatherer nomadic societies to stationary settlements in human history. What prompted this shift? What were the first plants and animals to be domesticated? How did this transition enable the discovery of beer?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the ingredients and the processes involved in making beer. From what was early beer made? How have the ingredients of beer changed over time? What do different styles of beer tell us about the cultures where they have arisen?

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