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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. Jacques Cartier is credited for "discovering" the mouth of which river?
(a) The Mississippi.
(b) The Hudson.
(c) The Pinware River.
(d) The St. Lawrence.

2. Which Spanish Basque city provided anchors and metal fittings with its ironworks and grew with the cod boom?
(a) Lido.
(b) St. Michelle.
(c) Bilbao.
(d) Balboa.

3. 16th century salt was produced by _____.
(a) Evaporation.
(b) Mining.
(c) Chemical extraction.
(d) Erosion.

4. 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 Panthalassic Ocean.
(c) The Tethys Sea.
(d) The Chixiclub Sea,

5. Who was murdered in the Icelandic fishing station of Grindavík in 1532?
(a) Erik the Red.
(b) John Cabot.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John the Broad.

Short Answer Questions

1. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.

2. According to the author, what is the most notable sport the Basques are known for?

3. The eating habits of cod are classified as _____.

4. John Cabot claimed what land for England?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why were Thorwald and Erik the Red thrown out of Norway and what do they do after that?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did John Cabot and his brother die?

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