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

2. What is the Basque language called?

3. What were lobsters considered to be by the Pilgrims?

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

5. What is the Anglo-Saxon word that means "a place that has salt"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was the French salt tax particularly hated and what war did it become a grievance for?

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

4. How did the Vikings survive the desolate landscapes of Greenland and Stoneland?

5. How did the Pilgrims finally become good at farming?

6. Why did the cod trade relationship between Britain and Portugal deteriorate in the 16th century?

7. Why do cod spawn so many eggs?

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

9. Why did the Royal Fishery accountant, John Collins, publish a book on salt in 1682?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Clarence Birdseye invent? What incident marked the beginning of his financial success? Which company was involved? What effect did his invention have on the cod fishing industry?

Essay Topic 2

What happened in the French and Indian War? How was cod trade affected by the outcome? Which French colonies were affected? How? What do they produce?

Essay Topic 3

How did the development of schooners change the cod fishing industry? Describe these ships. What other functions happened on board a schooner besides fishing? What races were developed from schooner technology? How were schooners integral to the Gorton's seafood company?

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