Thursday, November 24, 2016

Chapter 3 Pacific Salmon, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 3: Pacific Salmon

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Questions

1. People were living in North America by 15,000 BP.  True or False
2. Pacific Salmon was the diet of people living in North America by 15,000 BP.  True or False
3. Some of the native tribes cooked the fish before eating.  True or False
4. Some of the native tribes ate the fish raw.  True or False
5. Some of the native tribes impaled the fish on sticks and roasted over an open fire.  True or False
6. Some of the native tribes would have the fish either air-dried on racks or smoked in wooden houses specially built for the purpose.  True or False
7. Who were the "salmon nations"?
8. Who exposed the First Nations to disease to which they had no natural immunity?
9. What percentage of the First Nations population did smallpox kill?
10. What contributed to great wealth among tribal chiefs?
11. Which country had a high demand for sea otter fur?
12. Which was the location for the canning industry in the mid 19th century?
13. What was the name of the cannery?
14. Who founded this cannery?
15. Where were the workers from in the 37 canneries in the 1880s in Oregon?
16. Who were John West's British customers?
17. Why was Westport Cannery fish popular in the U.K.?
18. When was the cannery industry killed in the Columbia River?
19. Where did the Columbia River cannery industry move to?
20. What is the name of the King Salmon?
21. What percentage of the cannery industry does Alaska



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