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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?
(a) Chester.
(b) Ham.
(c) Wich.
(d) Ville.

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

3. "In gadiform fish, evolution is seen in the _____."
(a) Gills.
(b) Fins.
(c) Eyes.
(d) Tails.

4. What does not grow native to Iceland?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Vines.
(c) Trees.
(d) Grass.

5. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?
(a) Sea monsters.
(b) Pests.
(c) Pets.
(d) Delicacies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?

2. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

3. What were wind-dried whiting wetted with seawater to give them a special taste called?

4. What were the French fishing fleets called?

5. What was the original name of John Cabot?

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