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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 other country developed a sauce similar to Garum?
(a) China.
(b) Japan.
(c) Vietnam.
(d) Thailand.

2. What was the most popular fish in Europe between the 16th and 18th century?
(a) Cod.
(b) Herring.
(c) Sardines.
(d) Trout.

3. What meat were the Celts best known for?
(a) Bacon.
(b) Ham.
(c) Beef steak.
(d) Tartar steak.

4. What is the title of Chapter 13?
(a) Preserving Independece.
(b) Liberte, Egalite, Tax Breaks.
(c) What is Freedom?
(d) Salt and Independence.

5. What did the Parma locals feed their pigs?
(a) Butter.
(b) ham.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Cheese.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the salt wars start?

2. What does the author say is the lesser known river of England?

3. What famous drilling technique became the most advance drilling technique for seven or eight centuries?

4. How do the Chinese refer to the system of harvesting the square crystals on the surface of the water?

5. Why was cod such an important find?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the British make salt?

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

3. How did the people of Parma make their ham?

4. How do the people of Parma make their cheese?

5. How did the Ventian government maximize their profits from the salt trade?

6. What did the Japanese used to believe about salt?

7. Why were the Basques different from other Europeans?

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

9. What did Marco Polo do while in Mongolia?

10. How did ketchup develop into tomato ketchup?

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