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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the French salt tax called?

2. Where is Pacific cod found?

3. Who outlawed the Basque language?

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

5. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Pacific cod compare to Atlantic cod?

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

4. How did John Cabot and his brother die?

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

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

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

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

9. What happened in Grindavík, Iceland in 1532?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the history of the relationship between salt and cod throughout Europe? Which areas were known for the best salt? What trade relationships were created by this?

Essay Topic 2

What were the beliefs of Thomas Henry Huxley? His beliefs were an extension of whose theories on nature? What affect did his beliefs have on the cod fishing industry?

Essay Topic 3

How have the migratory patterns of cod changed? What is the effect of arctic cod on other cod species? What signs of possible extinction are being noticed by fishermen? What species have replaced the cod as profitable catches? How have their migratory patterns changed?

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