Chocolate Started in Mexico

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Chocolate comes from cacao beans. The beans grow in big pods on the cacao tree. The tree grows in hot, wet places.

1. What is chocolate made from?

  1. ACorn
  2. BCacao beans
  3. CCoffee beans
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B. Cacao beans

Chocolate comes from cacao beans.

La prueba en el texto: Chocolate comes from cacao beans

Long ago in Mexico, the Maya and the Aztecs drank chocolate. It was not sweet. They mixed the beans with water, and sometimes with chili.

2. True or false? The old chocolate drink was very sweet.

  1. ATrue (Verdadero)
  2. BFalse (Falso)
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B. False (Falso)

It was not sweet. They mixed the beans with water and sometimes chili.

La prueba en el texto: It was not sweet

Cacao beans were very important. The Aztecs even used them as money. People could buy food with the beans.

3. How did the Aztecs use cacao beans?

  1. ATo build houses
  2. BAs toys
  3. CAs money
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C. As money

The Aztecs used cacao beans as money to buy food.

La prueba en el texto: The Aztecs even used them as money

Later, people from Spain took chocolate to Europe. They added sugar to it. Today, people all over the world eat it, but it started in Mexico.

4. What is this part about?

  1. AHow chocolate went around the world
  2. BHow to grow cacao trees
  3. CWhy sugar is bad for you
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A. How chocolate went around the world

It went from Mexico to Europe, and now the whole world eats it.

La prueba en el texto: people from Spain took chocolate to Europe

Vocabulario en español

InglésEspañolSignificado en inglés
beansgranosthe seeds of some plants
podsmazorcaslong, hard shells with seeds inside
chilichilea small, hot vegetable that makes food spicy
addedagregaronput something in with other things

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