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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?
(a) Bottom trawling.
(b) Skim dragging.
(c) Crabbing.
(d) Deep sounding.

2. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?
(a) Wool.
(b) Medicines.
(c) Fishing tackle.
(d) Building tools.

3. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?
(a) Stockfish.
(b) Kippering.
(c) Ling cod.
(d) Smelting.

4. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Colonialism.
(b) Nationalism.
(c) Conservation.
(d) Fatalism.

5. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?
(a) Sassafras.
(b) Gold.
(c) Corn.
(d) Potatoes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?

2. What was the original name of John Cabot?

3. The first otter trawl was built in _____.

4. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

5. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?

(see the answer key)

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