According to the text, when do many people today share chocolate?
on St. Patrick's Day
on Halloween
on Groundhog Day
on Valentine's Day
The text describes a sequence of events that resulted in people sharing chocolate on Valentine's Day. What happened in the 1500s?
Spanish explorers brought chocolate back to Spain.
Richard Cadbury began putting chocolates in boxes.
Scientists synthesized a calorie-free sugar for sweetening chocolate.
The Aztecs and Mayans began making chocolate drinks from cacao beans.
Read the following sentences:
"Spanish explorers brought chocolate back to Spain in the 1500s. Slowly, word of chocolate drinks spread across Europe. Royalty in countries like France and Great Britain thought that chocolate was a magical drink."
Based on this information, when did people in Europe start to drink chocolate?
before chocolate became very important to ancient civilizations
when Richard Cadbury began putting chocolates in boxes in the 1800s
after explorers brought chocolate back to Spain in the 1500s
When Valentine's Day was established as a holiday celebration
Why does the text state that "when you think of Valentine's Day, you might also think of chocolate"?
because people celebrate chocolate on Valentine's Day
because sharing chocolate with loved ones on Valentine's Day is very common
because cacao beans were very valuable to some ancient civilizations
because Christmas was already associated with gingerbread
What is the main idea of this text?
Chocolate was very important to ancient civilizations like the Mayans and the Aztecs who made chocolate drinks from cacao beans and considered the beans to be as valuable as gold.
Word of chocolate drinks spread across Europe after Spanish explorers brought chocolate back to Spain in the 1500s.
Sharing chocolate with loved ones on Valentine's Day became traditional after Richard Cadbury came up with the idea of putting chocolates in boxes covered with hearts and cupids, and is something practiced even today.
People have enjoyed chocolate for as long as 4,000 years.
