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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What is the name of the long tube of air bladder in a cod that fills and adjusts swimming depth?
(a) The floater.
(b) The buoy.
(c) The balloon.
(d) The sound.

8. What does the word "Naumkeag" mean?
(a) Mountain people.
(b) Fishing place.
(c) Running horses.
(d) Farming land.

9. From Newfoundland to southern New England, there is a series of shallow areas called _____.
(a) Shoals.
(b) Pools.
(c) Banks.
(d) Reefs.

10. What are cod called after the larval stage?
(a) Spawn.
(b) Spelders.
(c) Creepers.
(d) Juveniles.

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

12. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Gloucester.
(c) New York.
(d) Salem.

13. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?
(a) Medicines.
(b) Wool.
(c) Building tools.
(d) Fishing tackle.

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

15. Where was John Cabot born?
(a) Milan.
(b) Bristol.
(c) Iberia.
(d) Genoa.

Short Answer Questions

1. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

2. What was the original name of John Cabot?

3. According to one theory, the Basques are thought to be the original _____.

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

5. 16th century salt was produced by _____.

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