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Thursday, November 24, 2016

Chapter 3 Pacific Salmon, Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History by Bill Price

Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7

Chapter 3: Pacific Salmon

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Answer Key

1. True, people were living in North America by 15,000 BP.
2. True, Pacific Salmon was the diet of people living in North America by 15,000 BP.
3. True, some of the native tribes cooked the fish before eating.
4. True, some of the natives ate the fish raw.
5. True, some of the native tribes impaled the fish on sticks and roasted them over an open fire.
6. True, some of the native tribes would have the fish either air-dried on racks or smoked in wooden smoke houses specially built for the purpose.
7. The "Salmon Nations" were the tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
8. The Russian Fur Trappers exposed the First Nations to disease to which they had no natural immunity.
9. Smallpox killed 90% of the First Nations population.
10. Trade with settlers contributed to great wealth among tribal chiefs.
11. China had a high demand for sea otters.
12. The Columbia River in Northern Oregon was the location for the canning industry in the mid 19th century.
13. Westport Cannery was located in the Columbia River in Northern Oregon.
14. Westport Cannery was founded by Scottish-born John West in 1868.
15. The main workforce in the 37 canneries (cannery industry) in Northern Oregon were from China.
16. John West's British customers were Pelling Stanley and Company of Liverpool.
17. Westport Cannery fish was popular in the U.K. because it was cheaper than local fresh fish and it was exported to all British colonies.
18. The cannery industry was killed in 1980.
19. The Columbia River cannery industry moved to Alaska.
20. The name of the King Salmon is "The Chinook."
21. Alaska controls 80% of the cannery industry.

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