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Lecture 1: The History of Chocolate

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the name of the Theobroma Cocoa tree mean?

a)

Fruit of the gods

b)

Food of the gods

c)

Food of the pods

d)

Chocolate tree

2.

Chocolate is also called

a)

candy

b)

food of the gods

c)

cocoa

d)

sweet

3.

Chocolate may be

a)

older than 3000 years old

b)

1500 years old

c)

3000 years old

d)

no one knows

4.

Where is chocolate from?

a)

Spain

b)

Europe

c)

North America

d)

Central and South America

5.

The Spanish explorers brought chocolate to Europe

a)

in the 1500s

b)

3000 years ago

c)

in 1600

d)

in 1500

6.

In Europe, chocolate was only consumed as

a)

a candy

b)

a soup

c)

a beverage

d)

a sandwich

7.

The Olmec people of Mexico used chocolate as a

a)

medicine

b)

drink

c)

food

d)

decoration

8.

Currency means

a)

food

b)

medicine

c)

money

d)

a gift

9.

What was the Spanish explorer, Hernán Cortés, looking for when he was given cacao?

a)

food

b)

gold

c)

Spain

d)

India

10.

To make cacao less bitter, the Spanish added

a)

salt

b)

pepper

c)

milk

d)

sugar and honey

11.

Joseph Fry created the first

a)

chocolate bar

b)

chocolate milk

c)

chocolate drink

d)

chocolate powder