The History of the World in 6 Glasses

invented; discovered

Beer was not __ but __

fermentation

he process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance, used for beer/wine

surplus

Beer was the result of a ___

social drinks

Similar characteristic between Beer and Wine

Greek culture

Rome borrowed a lot of_____

Symposium

Greek drinking party; shared vessel of wine; “classless”

Convivium

Roman drinking party; individual wine servings, determined by social class

alchohol

Muhammed banned ____

classy

one difference between beer and wine is that wine is considered ____ while beer is not

associated with Christianity

Other than alcohol being banned, Muslims didn’t want to drink wine because it was

distillation

process involving the conversion of a liquid into vapour that is subsequently condensed back to liquid form; used for Spirits

Arabs

who invented Spirits and Coffee

Europeans

Who benefitted from Spirits

Triangular Trade

a multilateral system of trading in which a country pays for its imports from one country by its exports to another, resulted in the oppression of slaves

rum

“the facilitator of globalization”; traded for slaves

Whiskey Rebellion

Revolution in western PA after a tax on Whiskey

Coffee

This drink had debates on whether or not it should be banned due to its “intoxicating” effects

Pope approves of the drink

Reason for the spread of coffee in Europe

England

This country had coffeehouses only for men

France

This country allowed coffeehouses for both men and women

freedom of speech

Unlike England, France could not use coffeehouses as a social network on politics because of lack of

Financial Revolution

This revolution was a result of coffeehouses

Buddhism

This religion spreads tea

Opium

illegal drug traded illegally by Britain with China in exchange for silver for tea

Opium war

war started by Britain on China when they didn’t want opium going into China

Boston Tea Party

Tea leads to the conflict in U.S that leads to this event

Coca-Cola

This drink was very heavily associated with America

Pepsi

This drink sold instead of Coke in Soviet Union countries due to cold war