Listening: How ancient people brewed beer

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B1 | Listening from video | 12 min

Watch the video (0:06 - 6:02). You can watch more than once, then answer the questions.

A NUMBER from the video.

The oldest evidence of beer brewing is about ____ years old.

What was the ancient beer in eastern China made from?

____ Maize and wild fruit____ Rice, millet and root plants____ Barley, hops and water

How did some groups turn the starches in grains into sugars?

____ By boiling the grains for hours____ By crushing them with stones____ By chewing them

Ancient beer had less fiber and protein than modern beer.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Where is the oldest surviving beer recipe found?

____ In a law code from Babylon____ On the wall of an Egyptian temple____ In a Sumerian poem for a beer goddess

ONE WORD from the video.

Under Hammurabi's code, a brewer who charged too much could be put to death by ____ .

Ancient Egyptian beer was stronger than beer from other places.

____ True____ False____ Not Given

Why did monasteries make so much beer in the early Middle Ages?

____ Because a king ordered every monastery to brew____ To serve travelers and raise money for the monastery____ To use up extra grain after the harvest

ONE WORD from the video.

Hops are green flowers that gave beer a new bitter flavor and also worked as a ____ .

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