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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II - Limits.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The colonial governor of New Amsterdam wrote of six-foot _____ in 1649.
(a) Cod.
(b) Lobsters.
(c) Turtles.
(d) Crabs.

2. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Harbor Food Processing.
(b) Ocean Foods.
(c) General Seafoods Company.
(d) Gorton's Seafood Company.

3. What are most houses in Iceland made out of now?
(a) Metal or concrete.
(b) Wood.
(c) Rock.
(d) Mud or brick.

4. By 1918, which Maine city was building steel-hulled trawlers?
(a) Bath.
(b) Saco.
(c) Bangor.
(d) Rockland.

5. What is the name of the one freshwater cod?
(a) Grayling.
(b) Burbot.
(c) Haddock.
(d) Pollock.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?

4. What is the Basque language called?

5. Who returned to Iceland in 1964 and was astounded by its transformation?

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