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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Chemical extraction.
(b) Mining.
(c) Erosion.
(d) Evaporation.

2. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Gran Canaria.
(b) Hy-Brasil.
(c) Appat.
(d) Gough.

3. 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) Samuel Johnson.
(d) John Cabot.

4. By keeping fish in _____ in Petty Harbour, they can be kept alive until a market could be found for them.
(a) Off shore wells.
(b) Freezers.
(c) Pens.
(d) Hanging tanks.

5. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?
(a) The French.
(b) The Italians.
(c) The Dutch.
(d) The Germans.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the original name of John Cabot?

3. What was one of the reasons the U.S. bought Alaska from the Russians?

4. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

5. Quotas cause as much of _____percent of a fisherman's catch to get dumped into the sea.

(see the answer key)

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