Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 2: Bread
Go to Questions
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Answer Key
1. The 3 most important grasses to humans are wheat, rice, and corn.
2. Biologist Richard Wrangham had a theory that cooking was one of the main driving forces behind human evolution, allowing for an increase in brain size because of the greater amount of energy made available to us in food when it is cooked compared to when it is raw.
3. Bread is considered the first processed food because the grain had to be grind and cooked.
4. Querns were the name of the stones that grind the grain.
5. The first bread looked like it was very similar to the flatbreads made in the Middle East today.
6. Leavened bread was being made 6,000 years ago.
7. Leavened bread was being made in Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations 6,000 years ago.
8. Clay tablets with marks of symbols of bushels of wheat were the earliest form of writing.
9. Sumerian City of Uruk was the earliest form of surplus of wheat produced that allowed others to specialize in different trades.
10. Baker was the first type of specialized tradesmen.
11. True, Breweries and bakeries were usually located together about 6,000 years ago.
12. The "Book of Exodus" says the Children of Israel left Egypt without the leaven used to make bread rise.
13. The "Book of Exodus" says the Children of Israel ate unleavened bread during their flight.
14. Matzo is unleavened bread, flour and water.
15. Chametz is food containing leavening.
16. The creation of the Jewish tradition of eating matzo is that during the exit of Egypt, the Children of Israel, only ate matzo.
17. Seder, the first evening of Passover, is the ritual feast that has three matzos on the center table.
18. A karpas is a green vegetable, parsley or celery.
19. The karpas symbolized the hopes of the Israelites in Egypt.
20. The bread is dipped in salty water before being eaten because it stands for the tears they shed after becoming ensalved.
21. Haroset is a brown paste made of chopped fruit and nuts.
22. Haroset looks like the mortar the Israelites used in the building work they were forced to do in Egypt.
23. The two bitter herbs are maror and hazeret.
24. Horseradish and romaine lettuce is used to signify the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
25. The roasted shank bone of a lamb or goat (z'roa) stands for the sacrifice the Israelites were commanded to make on the night they left Egypt and at the Temple of Jerusalem after they had arrived in the Promised Land.
26. The roasted hard-boiled egg symbolizes the sacrifice the Israelites were commanded to make on the night they left Egypt and at the Temple of Jerusalem after they had arrived in the Promise Land.
27. True, bread also plays a central role in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.
28. The Eastern Orthodox Church in Constantinople believed Christ used leavened bread during the Last Supper.
29. The Roman Catholic Church in Rome believed Christ used unleavened bread during the Last Supper.
30. Yes, there was a poor in France in 1789.
31. Yes, the price of wheat rocketed in 1789 in France.
32. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia that started the Arab Spring.
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 2: Bread
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. The 3 most important grasses to humans are wheat, rice, and corn.
2. Biologist Richard Wrangham had a theory that cooking was one of the main driving forces behind human evolution, allowing for an increase in brain size because of the greater amount of energy made available to us in food when it is cooked compared to when it is raw.
3. Bread is considered the first processed food because the grain had to be grind and cooked.
4. Querns were the name of the stones that grind the grain.
5. The first bread looked like it was very similar to the flatbreads made in the Middle East today.
6. Leavened bread was being made 6,000 years ago.
7. Leavened bread was being made in Mesopotamian and Egyptian civilizations 6,000 years ago.
8. Clay tablets with marks of symbols of bushels of wheat were the earliest form of writing.
9. Sumerian City of Uruk was the earliest form of surplus of wheat produced that allowed others to specialize in different trades.
10. Baker was the first type of specialized tradesmen.
11. True, Breweries and bakeries were usually located together about 6,000 years ago.
12. The "Book of Exodus" says the Children of Israel left Egypt without the leaven used to make bread rise.
13. The "Book of Exodus" says the Children of Israel ate unleavened bread during their flight.
14. Matzo is unleavened bread, flour and water.
15. Chametz is food containing leavening.
16. The creation of the Jewish tradition of eating matzo is that during the exit of Egypt, the Children of Israel, only ate matzo.
17. Seder, the first evening of Passover, is the ritual feast that has three matzos on the center table.
18. A karpas is a green vegetable, parsley or celery.
19. The karpas symbolized the hopes of the Israelites in Egypt.
20. The bread is dipped in salty water before being eaten because it stands for the tears they shed after becoming ensalved.
21. Haroset is a brown paste made of chopped fruit and nuts.
22. Haroset looks like the mortar the Israelites used in the building work they were forced to do in Egypt.
23. The two bitter herbs are maror and hazeret.
24. Horseradish and romaine lettuce is used to signify the bitterness of slavery in Egypt.
25. The roasted shank bone of a lamb or goat (z'roa) stands for the sacrifice the Israelites were commanded to make on the night they left Egypt and at the Temple of Jerusalem after they had arrived in the Promised Land.
26. The roasted hard-boiled egg symbolizes the sacrifice the Israelites were commanded to make on the night they left Egypt and at the Temple of Jerusalem after they had arrived in the Promise Land.
27. True, bread also plays a central role in the Christian ritual of the Eucharist.
28. The Eastern Orthodox Church in Constantinople believed Christ used leavened bread during the Last Supper.
29. The Roman Catholic Church in Rome believed Christ used unleavened bread during the Last Supper.
30. Yes, there was a poor in France in 1789.
31. Yes, the price of wheat rocketed in 1789 in France.
32. Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Tunisia that started the Arab Spring.
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