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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the 1780's, British medicine decided cod-liver oil was a remedy for _____.
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Syphilis.
(c) Anemia.
(d) Rheumatism.

2. What does not grow native to Iceland?
(a) Grass.
(b) Vines.
(c) Trees.
(d) Flowers.

3. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.
(a) Portuguese.
(b) Italians.
(c) Iberians.
(d) Liberians.

4. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Higher power.
(b) Ship.
(c) Fellowship.
(d) Cod.

5. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) Portuguese salt merchants.
(b) British whalers.
(c) French silk merchants.
(d) Italian pottery makers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.

2. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?

3. What was the French salt tax called?

4. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?

5. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.

(see the answer key)

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