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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What turns the brine into salt crystals?
(a) Photogenis.
(b) Solar evaporation.
(c) Over heating.
(d) Water drenching.

2. What is the main town of Merseyside?
(a) Cheshire.
(b) Liverpool.
(c) Chester.
(d) Wallasey.

3. What fish needs to be salted immediately or it will go bad?
(a) Trout.
(b) Cod.
(c) Sole.
(d) Herring.

4. In which country is Salzburg a town?
(a) Switzerland.
(b) Austria.
(c) France.
(d) Germany.

5. Why did the Romans used to salt their greens?
(a) To protect the lining of their stomachs.
(b) To increase fertility.
(c) As a peace offering for the Gods.
(d) To eliminate the bitterness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color would the Celts paint their bodies when fighting?

2. What kind of material did the Chinese use for the pipes of the first plumbing systems?

3. Why was cod such an important find?

4. What is the name of the national dish of Poland?

5. Which Chinese river is known as the father of floods?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way was meat an essential part of central Europe rather than salt?

2. Why was salt in such high demand in Britain?

3. How did Christopher Columbus cause the decline of Venice?

4. How did salt help in developing one of the world's first plumbing systems?

5. In what way can American history be described as a constant struggle over salt?

6. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

7. How did the British make salt?

8. How did the Basques earn their fortune before the discovery of salt?

9. How did salt become one of the first mediums of exchange?

10. Why was the castle of Cardona built on a mountainside?

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