Cacao to Cocoa Beans

Why did farmers begin to grow cacao trees as crops instead of only in the wild?

• Cacao trees grew better as crops

• Cacao trees started to become more popular

• Europeans began to love chocolate.

• Spanish began to take it back to Europe.

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How are cacoa and chocolate connected?

• Cacao beans are processed with sugar to make chocolate.

• Cacao beans and chocolate are both bitter.

• Cacao and chocolate grow from the same tree.

• Cacao is popular in Europe and chocolate is not.

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Why did Europe begin to grow cacoa in Asia and Africa?

• Cacao had become more popular.

• Cacao tasted sweeter when it grew in Asia and Africa.

• Cacao grew better in hot, rainy regions.

• Cacao was valuable to the Aztecs.

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How is coffee related to cacao beans?

• They are both sweet

• They both contain caffeine

• They are both used to make a spicy drink

• They both come from cacao pods.

Which of the following was the result of cacao being valuable to the Aztecs?

• Cacao was used as a medicine.

• Cacao became popular.

• Europe began to grow cacao near the equator.

• People had to pay taxes using the beans.

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How are cacao beans and fruit pods connected?

• Cacao beans come from inside of fruit pod.

• Cacao beans and fruit pods are the same size.

• Cacao beans grown in cold weather and fruit pods grow in hot weather

• Fruit pods have vitamins and minerals and Cacao beans don’t.

Why is it important to gist on an assessment?

• So you don’t have to reread the passage multiple times

• Because Ms. Nettles said so.

• Because you need to take notes when reading

• You don’t have to gist because it is not important.

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Duck, Duck, Duck

Over 2,000 years ago these people began using cacao seeds to make chocolate.

• The Incas and the Arawaks

• The Mayans and the Aztecs

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