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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 were thick rubber gloves with cotton lining that fishermen wore called?
(a) Nippers.
(b) Mitts.
(c) Stiffs.
(d) Skimmers.

2. The Cod Wars started in the middle of what other war?
(a) World War II.
(b) World War I.
(c) The French and Indian War.
(d) The Cold War.

3. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?
(a) The North Se Fisheries Convention.
(b) The Anglo-Danish Convention.
(c) The New World Fisheries Convention.
(d) The National Waterways Convention.

4. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Gough.
(b) Appat.
(c) Hy-Brasil.
(d) Gran Canaria.

5. What color of the meat of a cod is the result of sluggish muscle tissue?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Gray.
(d) White.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it called when a net is dragged along the ocean floor?

2. What are the fishing ground off the coast of Ireland called?

3. What was the forerunner of sonar?

4. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?

5. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

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