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

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

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

4. What is the throat of the cod called?
(a) The tongue.
(b) The gargle.
(c) The tonsil.
(d) The gullet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?

3. What do humpback whales feed on?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did John Cabot and his brother die?

6. Why did Bartholomew Gosnold return to Britain from his voyage in 1602?

7. What type of ocean currents do cod prefer?

8. How does Pacific cod compare to Atlantic cod?

9. What happened in Grindavík, Iceland in 1532?

10. Why do cod spawn so many eggs?

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