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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?
(a) Plymouth.
(b) Salem.
(c) Gloucester.
(d) New York.

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

3. Who offered the English Puritans either Manhattan or Guiana as a place of refuge?
(a) The Germans.
(b) The French.
(c) The Dutch.
(d) The Italians.

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 Panthalassic Ocean.
(b) The Chixiclub Sea,
(c) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(d) The Tethys Sea.

5. Who conjectured that cod was named after a husk of seeds because the female holds so many eggs?
(a) Samuel Johnson.
(b) Benjamin Franklin.
(c) John Cabot.
(d) Henry David Thoreau.

6. In 1598, with whom were the Catholics at war?
(a) The Huguenots.
(b) The Hussars.
(c) The Lutherans.
(d) The Hanseatics.

7. John Cabot claimed what land for England?
(a) Nova Scotia.
(b) Maine.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Newfoundland.

8. What are cod called after the larval stage?
(a) Creepers.
(b) Spelders.
(c) Spawn.
(d) Juveniles.

9. Sterling", according to Kurlansky, means what?
(a) 100% silver.
(b) Pound.
(c) Of assured value.
(d) Commonly available.

10. What was the name of the island that Thomas Croft and John Jay searched for in the Atlantic?
(a) Gran Canaria.
(b) Gough.
(c) Appat.
(d) Hy-Brasil.

11. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Government official.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Joke or prank.
(d) Dolt.

12. Who monopolized the Baltic herring trade and tried the same thing with dried cod in the fifteenth century?
(a) The Vikings.
(b) The Turks.
(c) The Huns.
(d) The Hanseatics.

13. What was the original name of John Cabot?
(a) Jean Cabotte.
(b) Hans Kabut.
(c) Juan Cabota.
(d) Giovanni Caboto.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do humpback whales feed on?

2. Where were most explorers trying to get to in the 16th century?

3. What is a growth that is produced from the nitrates being stirred up by conflicting currents?

4. What was the Northern European product called when winter fish is dried without salting?

5. Who outlawed the Basque language?

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