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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which rich fishing region was considered the laboratory for cod fishing innovation?
(a) The North Sea.
(b) The Icelandic coast.
(c) The Grand Banks.
(d) The Georges Bank.

4. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?
(a) Burbot.
(b) Haddock.
(c) Pollock.
(d) Grayling.

5. What fish was pointed out by the European Economic Community to be abundant off the coast of Scotland?
(a) Haddock.
(b) Walleye.
(c) Herring.
(d) Blue whiting.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.

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

3. What do humpback whales feed on?

4. What is a lost net that can continue to fish for as long as five years called?

5. Where is Pacific cod found?

(see the answer key)

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