Chapter 15: Chocolate
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1. Maya Gold comes from the Toledo region of southern Belize.
2. The Classical Mayan period was 400 CE.
3. The cacao tree is native to Central America.
4. Chocolate comes from seeds or cocoa beans.
5. The Olmecs domesticated the cacao tree.
6. The Mayans used cocoa beans instead of gold for currency.
7. Christopher Columbus encountered cocoa beans on his 3rd voyage in 1502.
8. The capital of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan.
9. Mexico City in 1502 was called Tenochtitlan.
10. Spain introduced chocolate to Europe.
11. Spanish Netherlands is where chocolate began to appear in the 17th century.
12. The Habsburg monarchy of Spain ruled Belgium.
13. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought in 1701-1714.
14. The Austrian Habsburg Empire succeeded Charles II of Spain.
15. Belgium became independent in 1830.
16. In 1828 is when the Dutch chocolate maker Coenraad van Houten developed a hydraulic press that could extract cocoa butter from beans to leave cocoa powder.
17. The Dutching process allowed bars to be made.
18. The Dutching process patent ran out in 1838.
19. J.S. Fry & Sons was a British chocolate manufacturer located in Bristol.
20. In 1847 the Cadbury brothers in Birmingham made their first bars.
21. Ghana and Nigeria were part of the Gold Coast.
22. Britain colonized the Gold Coast.
23. France colonized Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.
24. Belgium got involved in the scramble for Africa in the 1870s.
25. Explorer Henry Morton Stanley traveled through Africa in the trans-Africa expedition from 1874-1877.
26. King Leopold II of Belgium set-up the private empire known as the Congo Free State.
27. The Ivory Coast and Ghana are the first and second producers of cocoa.
28. Joseph Mobutu was a corrupt ruler for the Democratic Republic of Congo since independence.
29. The Eastern Congo Initiative is a charity set up by Ben Affleck to represent Congo cocoa farmers.
30. Seattle based ethical chocolate maker Theo bout cocoa beans from the Eastern Congo Initiative.
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. Maya Gold comes from the Toledo region of southern Belize.
2. The Classical Mayan period was 400 CE.
3. The cacao tree is native to Central America.
4. Chocolate comes from seeds or cocoa beans.
5. The Olmecs domesticated the cacao tree.
6. The Mayans used cocoa beans instead of gold for currency.
7. Christopher Columbus encountered cocoa beans on his 3rd voyage in 1502.
8. The capital of the Aztec Empire was Tenochtitlan.
9. Mexico City in 1502 was called Tenochtitlan.
10. Spain introduced chocolate to Europe.
11. Spanish Netherlands is where chocolate began to appear in the 17th century.
12. The Habsburg monarchy of Spain ruled Belgium.
13. The War of the Spanish Succession was fought in 1701-1714.
14. The Austrian Habsburg Empire succeeded Charles II of Spain.
15. Belgium became independent in 1830.
16. In 1828 is when the Dutch chocolate maker Coenraad van Houten developed a hydraulic press that could extract cocoa butter from beans to leave cocoa powder.
17. The Dutching process allowed bars to be made.
18. The Dutching process patent ran out in 1838.
19. J.S. Fry & Sons was a British chocolate manufacturer located in Bristol.
20. In 1847 the Cadbury brothers in Birmingham made their first bars.
21. Ghana and Nigeria were part of the Gold Coast.
22. Britain colonized the Gold Coast.
23. France colonized Sierra Leone and the Ivory Coast.
24. Belgium got involved in the scramble for Africa in the 1870s.
25. Explorer Henry Morton Stanley traveled through Africa in the trans-Africa expedition from 1874-1877.
26. King Leopold II of Belgium set-up the private empire known as the Congo Free State.
27. The Ivory Coast and Ghana are the first and second producers of cocoa.
28. Joseph Mobutu was a corrupt ruler for the Democratic Republic of Congo since independence.
29. The Eastern Congo Initiative is a charity set up by Ben Affleck to represent Congo cocoa farmers.
30. Seattle based ethical chocolate maker Theo bout cocoa beans from the Eastern Congo Initiative.
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