Salt: A World History Test | Final Test - Easy

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Salt: A World History Test | Final Test - Easy

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 101 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Nitrous Oxide more commonly known as?
(a) Laughing gas.
(b) Tear gas.
(c) Jack gas.
(d) Jumping gas.

2. Where is the one place salted meats have survived?
(a) Chinese restaurants.
(b) Russian restaurants.
(c) British butcher shops.
(d) Jewish Delis.

3. What process did Davy use to break down Nitrous Oxide?
(a) Neverlitis.
(b) Electrolysis.
(c) Cornolysus.
(d) Cribbing.

4. What country was Matthias Schleiden from?
(a) Austria.
(b) Poland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. What did the Kibbutz eventually turn into?
(a) A kindergarten.
(b) A salt works.
(c) A health spa.
(d) A university.

6. Which of the following countries did not go to America to find salt?
(a) Britain.
(b) Holland.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

7. What did Sarah Hale discover could preserve fish?
(a) Icing.
(b) Oiling.
(c) Salting.
(d) Frosting.

8. Which country helped the new China Republic to rebuild their salt industry?
(a) USA.
(b) Germany.
(c) Britain.
(d) Japan.

9. What did the American south lack adequate supplies for against the north?
(a) Bombs.
(b) Salt.
(c) Water.
(d) Guns.

10. What was name of the sauce that McIhenny invented?
(a) HP.
(b) Tabasco.
(c) Worcester.
(d) Ketchup.

11. What part of Virginia sided with the union?
(a) South Virginia.
(b) North Virgina.
(c) West Virginia.
(d) East Virginia.

12. What did people find in the USA whilst looking for salt deposits?
(a) Silver.
(b) Coal.
(c) Oil.
(d) Gold.

13. What is the title of Chapter 26?
(a) A Little Too Salty.
(b) Big Lake, Little Salt.
(c) Salt in the Water.
(d) Find Me Some Friends.

14. What color was the brine the settlers in San Francisco took from the sea before the made it into salt?
(a) Blue.
(b) Orange.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

15. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?
(a) The Mediterranean.
(b) The Pacific.
(c) The Indian.
(d) The Atlantic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did a group of speculators find salt deposits underground?

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

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

5. Who did Appert sell his invention to?

(see the answer keys)

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