Olive Oil

Mediterranean people say that "a meal without olive oil is ________".

• Fantastic

• Boring

• Acceptable

• Meaningful

People began growing olive trees around the Mediterranean Sea approximately ________years ago.

• 6000

• 7000

• 5000

• 4500

_______being the world's biggest producer of olive oil.

• Portugal

• Morocco

• Slovenia

• Spain

The first basic process of producing olive oil is to ______ the olives.

• smash

• punch

• crush

• slap

Many olive growers still harvest the olives by _______.

• foot

• truck

• fruit picker

• hand

Don Celso said _______ people come to help with the harvest and pay them in oil.

• thirty

• twenty

• twenty-two

• twelve

ancient civilizations used olive oil for _______and medicine.

• business

• trade

• money

• food

olive oil also great for making fish and _______stay fresh.

• meat

• beef

• bone

• cheese

there are even olive oil lamps and _______.

• soaps

• scrubs

• face mask

• toothpaste

Studies shown that olive oil could protect people from some types of ________.

• illnesses

• sickness

• tumours

• diseases