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Chocolate, the Food of the Gods
The Cacao Tree and the Narrowest Belt
The Big Producers and the Cacao Varieties
A Two-Degree Threat
Food of the Gods
Conquest and the Great Reversal
The Children in the Cacao
The Commodity Trap
The Fifty-Cent Question
Cacao, Cocoa, Chocolate
Two Ways of Seeing a Bean
Reading a Chocolate Ad
Key Terms: Chocolate
Cumulative Review: Chocolate
Sources and Further Reading: Chocolate
Knowledge Check: Chocolate

Knowledge Check: Chocolate

1. What does the scientific name Theobroma cacao mean?

Food of the godsBitter beanSweet treeForest fruit

2. How wide is the cacao growing belt compared with other commodities?

The narrowest of any major commodity, about 20 degrees North to 20 degrees SouthThe widest, from 42 North to 33 SouthThe same as coffeeIt grows at any latitude

3. Cacao is an understory tree. What does that mean?

It grows in shade beneath a taller forest canopy, not in open sunIt grows taller than every other treeIt grows undergroundIt grows only in deserts

4. What pollinates cacao flowers, and why does it tie cacao to the forest?

Tiny midges that live in forest-floor litter, so cacao needs forest biodiversity to fruitHoneybees, which can live anywhereWind, so forest is not neededHummingbirds

5. Which country grows the most cacao, about 42 percent of the world's supply?

Cote d'IvoireGhanaMexicoEcuador

6. What is the geographic irony about where cacao grows today?

Cacao is from the Americas, but most of it now grows in West AfricaCacao is from Africa, but most now grows in AsiaCacao only grows where it was first domesticatedCacao now grows mainly in Europe

7. Which cacao variety makes up about 80 percent of world production?

Forastero, a hardy, basic, somewhat bitter cacaoCriollo, a rare and complex cacaoNacional, an heirloom cacaoTrinitario, a balanced hybrid

8. About how much does a cacao farmer in Cote d'Ivoire often earn per day?

About 0.50 to 0.84 dollarsAbout 50 dollarsAbout 6 dollarsAbout 100 dollars

9. What could a 2 degree Celsius temperature rise do to cacao-growing land?

Make up to 89 percent of today's suitable land unsuitableDouble the suitable landHave no measurable effectMove cacao to the poles

10. Why is cacao more exposed to warming than coffee?

It grows at low elevation, so it cannot climb to cooler high groundIt grows only on mountaintopsIt needs frost to surviveIt does not need water

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