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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?
(a) Mariana mallards.
(b) Lorikeets.
(c) White-winged sandpipers.
(d) Passenger pigeons.

2. What was the Iceland Coast Guard's secret weapon?
(a) A trawl wire cutter.
(b) A radio jammer.
(c) A linguistics expert.
(d) A fire hose.

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

4. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?
(a) Wich.
(b) Chester.
(c) Ham.
(d) Ville.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?

2. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

3. What were leaders of the trawler industry and chip shop guilds called?

4. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?

5. A ship with onboard fish processing is called a _____.

(see the answer key)

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