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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 did soldiers and salt workers set up next to the salt works?
(a) A deli.
(b) A church.
(c) A housing estate.
(d) A kibbutz.

2. What did Humphry Davy invent?
(a) Chloride.
(b) Sodium.
(c) Charcoal.
(d) Ketchup.

3. Which of the following people were exempt from military service in the American War for Independence?
(a) Journalists.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Postal workers.
(d) Salt workers.

4. What revolution began in 1789?
(a) The French revolution.
(b) The Orange Revolution.
(c) The Amercan Revolution.
(d) The Velvet Revolution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Appert sell his invention to?

2. In which state is the Great Salt Lake located?

3. What was it illegal to salt in France during the salt tax?

4. In which part of China does Cantonese food come from?

5. In which English town does Chapter 20 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. What virtually destroyed the salt industry in China in 1995?

2. How did Britain change the salt industry in India?

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

4. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

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

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

7. How did Morton become the world's largest salt producer?

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

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

10. In what areas dishes does the heavy use of salt still survive?

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