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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 were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Sea monsters.
(b) Pets.
(c) Pests.
(d) Delicacies.

2. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?
(a) Marco Polo.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Juan Martinez.

3. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?
(a) Telonemia.
(b) Krill.
(c) Phytoplankton.
(d) Diatoms.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are cod called after the larval stage?

2. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?

3. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."

4. What is the name of the only tropical cod that remains today?

5. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the Royal Fishery accountant, John Collins, publish a book on salt in 1682?

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

4. What type of ocean currents do cod prefer?

5. Why do cod spawn so many eggs?

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

7. What was John Smith's relationship to cod fishing?

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

9. How did the Vikings survive the desolate landscapes of Greenland and Stoneland?

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

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