Tobacco: Questions & Links

Questions:

  1. Look back through the reading. Write what you think the topic sentences should be for each Roman numeral.

    2. Part I.
    Part II.
    Part III.
    Part IV.
    Part V.
    Part VI. 
    Part VII.
    Part VIII.

  2. Were your predictions correct from the pre-reading activities?
  3. What surprised you about the reading?
  4. Websearch : using one of the internet links below, create a list of other countries that cultivate tobacco.
  5. Complete this flow chart on the path that tobacco takes on the way to becoming a cigar:

    Planting and harvesting > ________________ > fermentation > sorting > ________________ > sorting and blending > ________________ > quality control > color grading > ________________.
  6. Write the English or Spanish equivalents of the following terms:
    7. tercio
    <>
    		 ________________
    ________________
    <>
    		 official cigar store
    casa de tabaco
    <>
    		 ________________
    torcedor
    <>
    		 ________________
    ________________
    <>
    		 cigar factory
    habano
    <>
    		 ________________
    jinetero
    <>
    		 ________________
    cigarro
    <>
    		 ________________
    ________________
    <>
    		 large, dome-shaped rock formation
    ________________
    <>
    		 a root plant similar to the potato

Links:

General information on tobacco and cigar production

London Cigar Company

General information on Cuban culture and society, including tobacco

Cubaheritage.com

CIA World Factbook

Background file — U.S. State Department

Cuban economy

Embassy of India in Habana

The history of tobacco

Historian.org

Cigar Circle

Statistics on smoking in Cuba

Centers for Disease Control

Searchable databases to find information on tobacco and Cuba

Cigar Aficionado magazine

Tobacco.org

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