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A really "Sweet" Webquest!
3/2010
1. Marshmallows date back to 2000 BC and were first enjoyed by which ancient people?________________Which groups were able to eat marshmallows in this cultures?_________________The candy treat was made from which plant and what was added to it?___________________More than 90 million pounds of marshmallows are eaten each year by this country, the largest consumer of marshmallows._______________. Find the answers at this link: http://www.candyusa.com/Candy/CandyType.cfm?ItemNumber=932&navItemNumber=528
2. Chocolate comes from the cacao bean and was first used by these people who lived in Guatemala in the 600s.______________The Aztecs called the drink made from the beans, "xocolatl" or "chocolatl" which meant this____________.In ancient Central America, how were the beans also used by the cultures?__________ Who first brought the beans back to Europe and specifically the country of Spain?____________________ Find the answers at this link: http://www.candyusa.com/Candy/CandyType.cfm?ItemNumber=935
3. The English word "candy" comes from an __________word "qandi,"which means_______________. It is also thought that the first candies were used as a medical treatment for______________ Ancient people coated ________ ________ _______as a treat.Find the answers at this link: http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodcandy.html(about candy)
4. Ancient people have been chewing "gum"for thousands of years. Tree resin was chewed by prehistoric people and the Greek and Middle Eastern people chewed sap from the mastic trees. In the early USA, settlers and Native Americans chewed which two things? ______________Thomas Adams, in the 1800s, came up with chewing gum which trying to make a better type of __________.What was the flavor of his first gum? What did Walter Diemer successful develop in 1928?______________ Find the answers at this link: http://www.candyusa.com/Candy/CandyType.cfm?ItemNumber=927&navItemNumber=523
5. Look at the timeline at this link:http://www.tqnyc.org/2007/NYC074098/thehistoryofcandy.htmlWhich candy came first?(sweet tarts or marshmallow chicks)__________(LifeSavers or Hershey Kisses)_____________(Tootsie Roll or candy corn)_______________ In which year was the first Gummy Bear introduced?_________________The creator of Luden's Cough Drops also invented this candy bar in 1936._______________
6. In which year and to which colony was chocolate first introduced?_____________ _________________To whom did Thomas Jefferson write a letter,in 1875, stating chocolate's superiority over tea or coffee for both health and nourishment?_____________ According to the website,one plain milk chocolate candy bar has more protein than which fruit?______________ Find the answers at this link:http://www.chocolatesource.com/trivia/index.asp
7. The Aztec king__________ is said to have consumed _____glasses of bitter chocolatl each day,from a golden goblet. The Aztec liked the red colored drink,flavored with lots of hot chili peppers! In the early 1500s,Hernando Cortes, the Spanish explorer,experimented with chocolatl, adding __________to make it more tasty to the Spanish. What other two spices were added to make it more drinkable?____________. How was it served differently?__________How was the secret of cocoa drinks probably given to the French?____________Find the answers at this link: http://www.candyusa.com/Candy/CandyType.cfm?ItemNumber=935
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