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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.
(a) Process outfitter.
(b) Transport plant.
(c) Factory ship.
(d) Floating station.

2. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?
(a) New Zealand.
(b) Sudan.
(c) Tanzania.
(d) West Africa.

3. Which American President issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. had the right to control mineral resources on its continental shelf?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Woodrow Wilson.
(c) Harry S. Truman.
(d) Dwight D. Eisenhower.

4. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) Henry David Thoreau.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Samuel Johnson.

5. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.
(a) Cambraid.
(b) Cot.
(c) Cabillaud.
(d) Caude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What commodity did Bartholomew Gosnold find in North America?

2. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.

3. Who was the longtime director of Iceland's Marine Research Institute and one of the negotiators during the third Cod War?

4. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

5. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?

(see the answer key)

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