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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(b) The Tethys Sea.
(c) The Panthalassic Ocean.
(d) The Chixiclub Sea,

2. What are the best shore spaces for drying catch called?
(a) Line shacks.
(b) Fishing rooms.
(c) Salt caves.
(d) Sloops.

3. What is the Basque language called?
(a) Latinia.
(b) Basquian.
(c) Esperanza.
(d) Euskera.

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

5. The word for fresh cod in French is ____.
(a) Cot.
(b) Cabillaud.
(c) Cambraid.
(d) Caude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Pilgrims fail to bring to North America that would aid in their survival?

2. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the Basques live and how do they interpret their homeland?

2. How does Pacific cod compare to Atlantic cod?

3. How did Britain show flexibility in its colonialism with North America?

4. Why is cod considered a fish that is easy to catch?

5. How did the Basques become known for preserving cod?

6. Why did the cod trade relationship between Britain and Portugal deteriorate in the 16th century?

7. Why was the French salt tax particularly hated and what war did it become a grievance for?

8. Describe the Georges Bank and why this was a good fishing area for cod.

9. Why were New Englanders first drawn to the Caribbean in terms of trade?

10. What happened when New Englanders become entrepreneurs? How did this conflict with the intent of the British Crown?

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