Prepared by Sonia Csaszar
NUESTRA PALABRA MISTERIOSA ES:
CHOCOLATE
As you eat a Hershey's bar, you enjoy it
for what it is: a sweet, delightful treat that you think you deserve.
But have you ever stopped to think where does chocolate come from?
Do you think it is a product from a plant grown in the United States?
Or, does it come from another country? Do you know who were the people
that first cultivated it? Or the name of chocolate in their native
language? How about when and how did chocolate enter Europe?
Do you know anything about chocolate plantations? Can you prepare
a cup of hot chocolate without using Nesquick, Swissmiss or another pre
prepared form of chocolate?
Well, if you answered
"no" to any of these questions, then welcome to The Chocolate Quest!
Have fun, and let's begin!
Your task will be to find the following:
a) What is chocolate?
b) Where did chocolate originate?
c) Who were the first people to use it?
d) How did they name it?
e) Can you explain the changes from the original word to the one we use today?
f) What did they use it for?
g) How and when was chocolate introduced to Europe?
h) To which country in Europe was it taken to first?
i) When did its use spread to the rest of Europe?
j) Where does it grow today?
k) Are there any child labor or present slavery issues related to it?
l) What do you need to make a cup of chocolate from scratch?
m) What do you need to make a cup of Mexican chocolate?
n)
How does chocolate affect your brain?
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into this quest. After you visit a page, click on the "BACK" icon
to continue searching. Follow the order of the links.
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La
Casa de Comida
Christopher
Columbus
Chocolate
and Your Heart
Chocolate
and Your Brain
The
Amazon
Hershey
+ Mars
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History
Types
of chocolate
Mayan
and Aztec Recipes
Swiss
and Venezuelan
Chocolate
Activities
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activities
Beans
in a Pod
Child
Labor
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