Salt: A World History Test | Final Test - Hard

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 - Hard

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 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where were the Mormons before they settled in Utah?

2. What was Jean Baptiste Colbert's role in the French government?

3. What ocean did people originally think the Dead Sea was part of?

4. What did one person bring onto Avery Island to farm?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the French finance minister reform the salt taxes?

5. What problems do the British salt mines have in this section?

6. How did the British help the Chinese in 1912?

7. What problem does the Dead Sea have?

8. How did Britain enforce the new salt laws?

9. How did the French deal with salt smugglers?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the construction of Kurlansky's argument.

1. How does he introduce his ideas?

2. How does he construct his ideas to come to logical conclusion?

3. What weaknesses and strengths can you identify in Kurlansky's argument?

Essay Topic 2

In what way did salt play a major part in India gaining independence from the British in 1948? How had the British used salt to oppress the Indians previously?

Essay Topic 3

How did the rise in salt trade change Europe and the relations between the individual countries? How did the rise in salt trade effect individuals lives? In what what way could it be said they salt trade was partly responsible for many conflicts and tensions during this time?

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