Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 27: Sugar
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Questions
1. According to biologists, all animals have a sweet tooth except for which animal?
2. In what century was sugar rare and expensive commodity in Europe?
3. Where was sugar first domesticated?
4. Who introduced sugar in the New World?
5. Which New World colony was first in sugarcane plantations?
6. About how many people died during the Middle Passage?
7. About how many were sold to slavery in West Africa?
8. By 1750, what was the most valuable commodity in international trade?
9. What was the name of the book that talked about the terrible nature of slavery?
10. When was the slave trade outlawed in Britain?
11. When was slavery abolished in Britain?
12. When did the French abolish slavery?
13. What product were American colonists importing from West Africa?
14. Why did American colonist import molasses?
15. What did slave traders use as currency?
16. Why did New England rum distillers began to buy molasses from French sugar refiners in the Caribbean?
17. In what year was the Molasses Act passed?
18. When was the Sugar Act imposed?
19. Which country is the largest sugarcane grower in the world?
20. When was Saint-Domingue established as the Republic of Haiti?
21. Where did French sugarcane planters from Saint-Dominque move to after the Republic of Haiti was formed?
22. What was Haiti like before the revolution?
23. When was slavery abolished in Cuba?
24. Which company controlled most of the sugar from Cuba?
25. When did Cuba become independent from Spain?
26. When did the American military leave Cuba?
27. In what year was the Cuban Revolution that Fidel Castro led?
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 27: Sugar
Go to Answer Key
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Questions
1. According to biologists, all animals have a sweet tooth except for which animal?
2. In what century was sugar rare and expensive commodity in Europe?
3. Where was sugar first domesticated?
4. Who introduced sugar in the New World?
5. Which New World colony was first in sugarcane plantations?
6. About how many people died during the Middle Passage?
7. About how many were sold to slavery in West Africa?
8. By 1750, what was the most valuable commodity in international trade?
9. What was the name of the book that talked about the terrible nature of slavery?
10. When was the slave trade outlawed in Britain?
11. When was slavery abolished in Britain?
12. When did the French abolish slavery?
13. What product were American colonists importing from West Africa?
14. Why did American colonist import molasses?
15. What did slave traders use as currency?
16. Why did New England rum distillers began to buy molasses from French sugar refiners in the Caribbean?
17. In what year was the Molasses Act passed?
18. When was the Sugar Act imposed?
19. Which country is the largest sugarcane grower in the world?
20. When was Saint-Domingue established as the Republic of Haiti?
21. Where did French sugarcane planters from Saint-Dominque move to after the Republic of Haiti was formed?
22. What was Haiti like before the revolution?
23. When was slavery abolished in Cuba?
24. Which company controlled most of the sugar from Cuba?
25. When did Cuba become independent from Spain?
26. When did the American military leave Cuba?
27. In what year was the Cuban Revolution that Fidel Castro led?
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