Sugar Changed the World Part 1

What did people use to sweeten things before sugar?

• sugarcane

• syrup

• honey

• Sweet-n-Low

What did the text refer the first several thousand years to in terms of sweetener?

• The Bronze Age

• The Age of Honey

• The Age of Sugar

• The Age of Agave

How is sugar different than honey?

• Sugar was local.

• Sugar on comes in one form.

• Honey tastes stronger and had to be invented.

• Sugar tastes stronger and had to be invented.

What was one negative thing that increased as sugar spread?

• The spread of insects.

• Slavery

• The decline of the bee population

• none of the above

What was the "sweet reed" that Darius I discovered?

• Pixie Sticks

• A bee hive

• Sugarcane

• Honey

Muslims invented...

• sugar cookies

• new and better ways to refine sugar

• a new way to mix honey with sugar

• a new way to make iced coffee

What did sugar symbolize in most ancient societies?

• poverty

• education

• lack of knowledge

• wealth, luxury

___________ learned how to make sugar from ___________.

• Europeans, Muslims

• Muslims, Europeans

• Indians, Muslims

• Muslims, Americans

True or False- Sugar was a more expensive substitute for honey.

• True

• False

What positive thing comes from sugar spreading around the world?

• Bees are no longer being killed at rapid rates.

• Sugar can be used to work miracles during religious ceremonies.

• Knowledge and culture spreads

• Wealthy people now control all aspects of society.