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    Unit 7 Reading A Slice of History
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  • What is the main topic of the passage?
    Famous pizza restaurants
    How to make pizza dough
    Different types of pizza
    The history of pizza
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  • What is a crust?
    A type of cheese
    A topping for pizza
    A thin, flat bread A type of cheese
    A hot rock for cooking
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  • When did people first start adding toppings to flatbread?
    In 1830
    Five to ten thousand years ago
    In the 1520s
    2,500 years ago
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  • Where did the Persian army cook their flatbread pizzas?
    On metal shields
    On hot rocks
    In a volcano
    In ovens
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  • Why did Europeans initially think tomatoes were poisonous?
    All of the above
    Because they were brought from South America
    Because they were a new food
    Because of their red color
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  • What is a basic topping on pizza today that was once thought to be poisonous?
    Meat
    Cheese
    Tomato sauce
    Pepperoni
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  • When was the world’s first pizzeria opened?
    Five to ten thousand years ago
    2,500 years ago
    1830
    1520s
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  • How did the first pizzeria chefs cook their pizzas?
    On metal shields
    On hot rocks
    In a regular oven
    With hot lava from a volcano
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  • Where did pizza become very popular in the late 19th century?
    Italy
    The United States
    South America
    Europe
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  • How many pizzas are eaten around the world every year?
    More than 10 billion
    Less than 1 billion
    About 5 billion
    We don’t know
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  • What is the main reason pizza became popular around the world?
    It was the first flatbread ever made.
    It was cooked with hot lava from a volcano.
    People thought tomatoes were delicious.
    Italian immigrants opened pizzerias in the United States
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  • What kind of food did the passage describe that is similar to pizza?
    A hot rock used for cooking
    Tomato sauce from South America
    A crust made from dough
    Flatbread with toppings cooked on metal shields
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