Until the Spanish discovered it in the 1500s, chocolate was unknown in Europe. Until that time it was __________ only in Central and South America by the Aztecs.
What is consumed?
100
The Ivory Coast in West Africa produces nearly half of the world's cocoa crop. It __________ over a million tons a year to countries around the world.
What is exports?
100
Hot chocolate is a favorite drink for people of all ages. The __________ is especially popular in wintertime.
What is beverage?
100
buy
What is purchase?
100
single
What is cluster?
200
The Aztec word chocolate means "bitter drink." The word was _________________ into European languages after the Spanish conquest of Central and South America.
What is introduced?
200
The United States is not a suitable place for growing cocoa trees. They grow best in ____________ countries.
What is tropical?
200
Dark chocolate has a slightly bitter taste. Those who prefer it consider milk chocolate to be rather ______________.
What is bland?
200
destroyed
What is consumed?
200
food
What is beverage?
300
The Aztecs didn't use paper money or coins when they bought things. They paid for their ____________ with cocoa beans.
What are purchases?
300
Cocoa beans grow close together inside each pod. The ____________ varies in size from twenty beans to as many as forty.
What is cluster?
300
Chocolate can take several different forms. What we think of as chocolate is a ___________ of cocoa powder, cocoa butter, dried milk, and sugar.
What is combination?
300
grow
What is cultivate?
300
put in
What is extract?
400
Instead of dollars and cents, the Aztecs priced things in cocoa beans. Then beans were ______________ in value to one rabbit.
What is equivalent?
400
Smelling fresh cocoa beans would not help you to identify them. The beans at that stage do not have the distinctive chocolate ___________.
What is aroma?
400
Cocoa powder is an important byproduct of chocolate production. It is made by _______________ the fat from chocolate paste.
What is extracting?
400
before the main part
What is introduction?
400
flavorful
What is bland?
500
The first cocoa trees grew wild in Central and South America. Now cocoa trees are ________________ in many other parts of the world.
What is cultivated?
500
Roasting makes the shells easier to crack open. This is because the heat makes them ____________.
What is brittle?
500
Some people find chocolate hard to resist. Those who have a ______________ for it sometimes call themselves "chocoholics."