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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?
(a) Spain.
(b) Portugal.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

3. What do humpback whales feed on?
(a) Seaweed.
(b) Diatoms.
(c) Krill.
(d) Plankton.

4. Who backed Giovanni da Verrazzano on his travels?
(a) British whalers.
(b) Portuguese salt merchants.
(c) Italian pottery makers.
(d) French silk merchants.

5. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?
(a) Pound.
(b) Of assured value.
(c) Commonly available.
(d) 100% silver.

6. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) John Smith.
(b) John Cabot.
(c) Erik the Red.
(d) John the Broad.

7. John Cabot claimed what land for England?
(a) Maine.
(b) Massachusetts.
(c) Newfoundland.
(d) Nova Scotia.

8. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."
(a) Fins.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Tails.
(d) Gills.

9. What does "Hanse" mean in Middle High German?
(a) Ship.
(b) Higher power.
(c) Cod.
(d) Fellowship.

10. What was the French salt tax called?
(a) Gabargent.
(b) Gabelle.
(c) Sels tax.
(d) Franc sel.

11. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.
(a) Cod.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Crabs.
(d) Turtles.

12. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?
(a) Stockfish.
(b) Kippering.
(c) Ling cod.
(d) Smelting.

13. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Turks.
(b) The Huns.
(c) The Hanseatics.
(d) The Vikings.

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

15. What was the original name of John Cabot?
(a) Giovanni Caboto.
(b) Hans Kabut.
(c) Jean Cabotte.
(d) Juan Cabota.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?

2. What are the best shore spaces for drying catch called?

3. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

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

5. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?

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