farmers moved into protected parklands to escape war, but even there, farmers were unable to properly tend their crops. Cocoa production dropped by about 247,000 metric tons. Write a two- or three-sentence summary of the Background Essay describing the time, place, and story. What was originally a delicacy for Olmec, Mayan, and Aztec elites, chocolate is consumed today in everything from milk to breakfast, and desserts. Chocolate is cultivated from cocoa beans found in forests along the Earth's equator. Solid chocolate as we know it was developed in the 1800s in Europe, quickly spread throughout other continents, and became a popular product.Today, Côte d'Ivoire provides 38% of the world's cocoa, more than any other country. However, the Ivoirians inCôte d'Ivoirehad to fight in two civil wars and after that things just went downhill from there. Document A 1. Which country consumes the most chocolate? Switzerland is the country that consumes the most chocolate. 2. Assume that the people of the United States consumed chocolate only in the form of chocolate bars. Approximately how many chocolate bars would be consumed per capita in the United States each year? Approximately 95 chocolate bars would be consumed per person in the United States each year. 3. On which continents are people eating the most chocolate? Which continents are not represented on this graph? Europe is the continent people are eating the most chocolate. The continents that are not represented on this graph are South America and North America. 4. Based on the graph, does there appear to be a high or low global demand for chocolate? Explain your reasoning.
