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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I - A Fish Tale.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?
(a) The Panthalassic Ocean.
(b) The Tethys Sea.
(c) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(d) The Chixiclub Sea,

2. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?
(a) West Africa.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) Sudan.

3. What do humpback whales feed on?
(a) Diatoms.
(b) Plankton.
(c) Krill.
(d) Seaweed.

4. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?
(a) Telonemia.
(b) Krill.
(c) Phytoplankton.
(d) Diatoms.

5. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?
(a) The French.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Italians.
(d) The Dutch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

2. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?

3. Who was the father of Erik the Red?

4. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

5. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?

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