CHOCOLATE - food of the gods

The picture best supports which idea from the selection?

• The Aztecs believed cocoa was a gift from the gods.

• Hernan Cortes owned a cocoa farm

• Swiss citizens eat 22 pounds of chocolate each year

• Chocolate is made from the beans of a plant

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Look at the diagram....

CAUSE:

The Mayas and Aztecs

had no sugar.

EFFECT:

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Which of the following best completes the diagram?

• They did not want to trade with Hernan Cortes

• They were no able to enjoy their chocolate sauces

• Their chocolate drinks tasted better

• Recipes were invented that boiled chocolate to remove its oil

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Which sentence from the selection suggests that cocoa beans were valuable to the Mayas and Aztecs?

• They even used the cocoa beans as a sort of money.

• Chocolate is made from the beans of the cocoa bush.

• They added corn and even chili peppers to give their drinks a spicy flavor.

• It was at this time that cocoa began to be called chocolate.

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In paragraph 6, what does the word flavorful mean?

• a person that studies flavors

• having much flavor

• a belief about flavor

• without flavor

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What is the section titled "World of Different Flavors" mostly about?

• Chocolate has a history that goes back thousands of years.

• Corn and chili peppers can be added to chocolate.

• Cocoa butter can be used to make delicious treats.

• Chocolate is prepared in different ways by different people.

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Why do more people eat chocolate today than they did hundreds of years ago?

• More people know about it and it is more affordable

• There are more kings and queens now than there used to be.

• Chocolate was brought to Earth by an Aztec god

• No one makes chocolate that is spicy or bitter.

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Which word is a synonym of rapidly in paragraph 3?

• slowly

• sneakily

• cautiously

• quickly

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How much chocolate will be sold this year?

• Twenty-two pounds per person

• More than 80 billion dollars

• not as much as last year

• more than four thousand pounds

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Which sentence best supports the idea that the king and queen of Spain loved chocolate?

• He planted cocoa bean bushes and made a lot of his own money.

• It is not just food for kings, queens, and wealthy ladies and gentlemen.

• They kept the recipe a secret for over one hundred years.

• Hundreds of years ago, the Mayas and Aztecs in Latin America were the first to value cocoa.

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What can the reader conclude about Hernan Cortes?

• He taught the Aztecs how to grow cocoa bushes.

• He was the best friend of the king of Spain.

• The Aztecs loved him as much as they loved cocoa beans

• He understood how to use valuable cocoa beans to become wealthy.

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