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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.
(a) Hake.
(b) Puffer fish.
(c) Greenland shark.
(d) Gray skate.

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

4. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The St. Lawrence.
(b) The Hudson.
(c) The Pinware River.
(d) The Mississippi.

5. In 1944, Iceland negotiated full independence from _____.
(a) Britain.
(b) France.
(c) Denmark.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?

2. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

3. What fish was pointed out by the European Economic Community to be abundant off the coast of Scotland?

4. Which London newspaper reported that the Icelanders were very difficult to deal with in the third Cod War?

5. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?

(see the answer key)

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