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

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

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

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

5. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?
(a) The Hussars.
(b) The Hanseatics.
(c) The Lutherans.
(d) The Huguenots.

Short Answer Questions

1. If hauled up from freezing water, cod will _____ because of a protein they produce.

2. Who was the father of Erik the Red?

3. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?

4. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

5. What was the premier French fishing port in Newfoundland in the early 16th century?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Pacific cod compare to Atlantic cod?

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

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

8. How did John Cabot and his brother die?

9. What happened in Grindavík, Iceland in 1532?

10. How did the Pilgrims finally become good at farming?

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