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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) Corn.
(b) Gold.
(c) Sassafras.
(d) Potatoes.

2. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?
(a) Bregmaceros.
(b) Whiting.
(c) Hake.
(d) Cusk.

3. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Fatalism.
(b) Conservation.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) Nationalism.

4. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Bridge.
(b) Joke or prank.
(c) Government official.
(d) Dolt.

5. Who was Canada's biggest competitor in the cod market in the 19th century?
(a) Britain.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Norway.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which mountain erupted in 1389 on Iceland?

2. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.

3. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?

4. The twin ports of Hull and Grimsby are on the _____ River.

5. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.

(see the answer key)

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