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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 is the leading cause of death on a modern trawler?
(a) Freezing to death.
(b) Falling overboard.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Being crushed by machinery.

2. 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 Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(b) The Chixiclub Sea,
(c) The Panthalassic Ocean.
(d) The Tethys Sea.

3. What is the Basque language called?
(a) Latinia.
(b) Esperanza.
(c) Euskera.
(d) Basquian.

4. Watertight ship holds with holes for circulating seawater to keep fish alive were called _____.
(a) Cod keepers.
(b) Wet wells.
(c) Keeper holds.
(d) Live cages.

5. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?
(a) Isinglass.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Fishing line.
(d) Fiberglass.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

2. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

3. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.

4. Which British foreign secretary commented on the third Cod War saying that both sides have shown valor, but there was no need to show virility?

5. What were the French fishing fleets called?

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