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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 was the French salt tax called?
(a) Franc sel.
(b) Sels tax.
(c) Gabargent.
(d) Gabelle.

2. Which rich fishing region was considered the laboratory for cod fishing innovation?
(a) The Icelandic coast.
(b) The Georges Bank.
(c) The North Sea.
(d) The Grand Banks.

3. What do New Englanders call smaller thin-shelled quahogs?
(a) Barnacles.
(b) Mud bugs.
(c) Sandies.
(d) Steamers.

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

5. What is the air bladder of the cod used for in industry?
(a) Fiberglass.
(b) Fishing line.
(c) Isinglass.
(d) Kevlar.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are twenty-foot, deckless skiffs called?

3. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?

4. What is the Basque language called?

5. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.

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