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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. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.
(a) Reefs.
(b) Pools.
(c) Banks.
(d) Shoals.

2. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?
(a) Salem.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) New York.
(d) Plymouth.

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

4. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?
(a) Mariana mallards.
(b) Passenger pigeons.
(c) White-winged sandpipers.
(d) Lorikeets.

5. Where was John Cabot born?
(a) Iberia.
(b) Genoa.
(c) Milan.
(d) Bristol.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?

2. Who believed that if Britain lost its Newfoundland fishing ships based in Plymouth alone, it would be the greatest blow the country has ever been given?

3. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

4. 16th century salt was produced by _____.

5. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?

(see the answer key)

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