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

2. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Gabelle.
(b) Franc sel.
(c) Sels tax.
(d) Gabargent.

3. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?
(a) They could not handle gale winds.
(b) They maneuvered poorly.
(c) They weren't dangerous.
(d) They ran aground easily.

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

5. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.
(a) Sunset waters.
(b) Cherry bottom.
(c) Rose rock.
(d) Battle grounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which author's novel described too many fishermen on the banks working the same grounds.

2. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

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

4. Who outlawed the Basque language?

5. Who were infamous on the Grand Banks for the harshness of their working conditions?

(see the answer key)

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