Choose the correct option:
How did people first consume chocolate?
(1) As a bitter drink
(2) As a sweet drink
(3) As a chocolate bar
(4) In cakes and pastres
2. Why did Linnaeus name it the plant Theobroma?
(1) Because he believed it to be a "gift from heaven"
(2) Because he believed it to be food of the gods."
(3) Because he thought chocolate to be toxic
(4) Because chocolate was so rare
3.
Who was Montezuma?
(1) He was an explorer from Mexico
(2) He was the emperor of Mexico
(3) He was an explorer from Spain.
(4) He was the king of Spain.
Who made the first powdered chocolate?
(1) Linnaeus
(2)Cortez
(3) van Houten
(4) Columbus
5.
Which people eat the most chocolate per person?
(1) The Swiss
(2)The Dutch
(3) The English
(4) The Mexicans
Answers
1. The correct answer is option 1) As a bitter drink
- Originally consumed as a bitter drink, it was prized as each an aphrodisiac and an energy booster.
- Originally consumed as a bitter drink, it was prized as both an aphrodisiac and an energy booster.
- Mankind's romance with chocolate stretches back over 5 millennia.
2. The correct answer is option 2) Because he believed it to be the food of the gods."
- The scientific name flowering tree was given to the species by the Swedish life scientist Carl phytologist in 1753, once he revealed it in his renowned book Species Plantarum.
- Theobroma means 'food of the gods in Latin, and cacao springs from the Nahuatl (Aztec language) word xocolatl, from cocoa (bitter) and atl (water)
3. The correct answer is option 2) He was the emperor of Mexico
- Montezuma II was one of the last Nahuatl emperors. beneath his rule, the Aztec empire had its peak, capturing different tribes and increasing their territories.
- However, he allowed the Spanish to overcome them thanks to his non-secular superstition.
4. The correct answer is option 3) van Houten
- Coenraad Johannes van Houten was a Dutch chemist and chocolate builder well-known for the treatment of cocoa mass with alkaline salts to get rid of the bitter style and make cocoa solids additional water-soluble
- the ensuing product remains known as the "Dutch method chocolate"
5. The correct answer is option 1) The Swiss
- In 2017, Switzerland was the very best client of chocolate per capita, with a median of 8.8 kilograms consumed per person.
- Despite manufacturing most of the world's cocoa, Africans solely account for 3.28% of the chocolate that's consumed annually.
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Answer:
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:-
Chocolate –– there’s nothing quite like it, is there? Chocolate is simply delicious. What is chocolate? Where does it come from? Christopher Columbus was probably the first to take cacao beans from the New World to Europe around 1502. But the history of chocolate goes back at least 4,000 years! The Aztecs, who lived in America, thought that their bitter cacao drink was a divine gift from heaven. In fact, the scientist Carolus Linnaeus named the plant Theobroma, which means “food of the gods.” The Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez went to America in 1519. He visited the Mexican emperor Montezuma. He saw that Montezuma drank cacao mixed with vanilla and spices. Cortez took some cacao home as a gift to the Spanish King Charles. In Spain, people began to drink Cortez’s chocolate in a drink with chili peppers. However, the natural taste of cacao was too bitter for most people. To sweeten the drink, Europeans added sugar to the cacao drink. As a sweet drink, it became more popular. By the 17th century, rich people in Europe were drinking it. Later, people started using chocolate in pastries, like pies and cakes. In 1828, Dutch chocolate makers started using a new process for removing the fat from cacao beans and getting to the center of the cacao bean. The Dutch chocolate-maker Conrad J. van Houten made a machine that pressed the fat from the bean. The resulting powder mixed better with water than cacao did. Now, some call van Houten’s chocolate “Dutch chocolate.” It was easy to mix Dutch chocolate powder with sugar. So other chocolate makers started trying new recipes that used powdered chocolate. People started mixing sweetened chocolate with cocoa butter to make solid chocolate bars. In 1849, an English chocolate maker made the first chocolate bar. In the 19th century, the Swiss started making milk chocolate by mixing powdered milk with sweetened chocolate. Milk chocolate has not changed much since this process was invented. Today, two countries – Brazil and Ivory Coast – account for almost half the world’s chocolate. The United States imports most of the chocolate in the world, but the Swiss eat the most chocolate per person. Most chocolate eaten today is sweet milk chocolate, but people also eat white chocolate and dark chocolate. Cocoa and dark chocolate are believed to help prevent heart attacks or help keep them from happening. They are supposed to be good for the circulatory system. On the other hand, the high-fat content of chocolate can cause weight gain, which is not good for people’s health. Other health claims for chocolate have not been proven, but some research shows that chocolate could be good for the brain. Chocolate is a popular holiday gift. A popular Valentine’s Day gift is a box of chocolate candies with a card and flowers. Chocolate is sometimes given for Christmas and birthdays. Chocolate eggs are sometimes given at Easter. Chocolate is toxic to some animals. An ingredient in chocolate is poisonous to dogs, cats, parrots, small rodents, and some livestock. Their bodies cannot process some of the chemicals found in chocolate. Therefore, they should never be fed chocolate.
Explanation:
1. People first consume chocolate as a bitter drink.
2. Linnaeus named it the plant Theobroma because he believed it to be "the food of the gods."
3. Montezuma was the emperor of Mexico.
4. Van Houten made the first powdered chocolate.
5. The Swiss people eat the most chocolate per person.
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