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_________ were valuable because they covered up the taste of rotting food.
This group of people from France and Spain hunted whales off the coast of Labrador in the 1530s.
Whales were killed as they swam through the __________ of Belle Isle.
This was where the best known whaling site was located in Labrador.
Whales were killed with _____________ and towed ashore.
______________ was cut from whales and heated, transforming it into oil.
__________ was shipped to Europe in barrels and was used in lighting and manufacturing.
The French fished on the ________ ________ for most of the year.
The French fished from _____________ on the sides of ships.
Fish that were preserved heavy salt were called __________ fish.
The French capitol of Newfoundland was _____________.
Once the __________ of Utrecht was signed, the English ruled Newfoundland.
The French Treaty Shore was the area between Pointe Riche and Cape _____________.
___________ were garments worn by early fishermen.
Merchants fitted __________ with food, gear and clothing.
If fishermen left England too early, they would get caught in the _______ around Newfoundland's coastline.
If fishermen left England too late, all the good ________ would be taken by other fishermen.
English fishermen used _______ ______ with baited hooks to catch cod.
Cured fish from Newfoundland was sent to Spain and ____________.
England traded food and clothing with Spain for _________.
Poorly cured saltfish was sold to plantation owners in the _______ _______ for sugar, rum and molasses.
Merchants were always afraid that __________ would steal their ships and fishing gear.
Peter Easton commanded 40 ships and used _________ ________ as his home base.
__________ __________ bought the title 'the Marquis of Savoy.'
Merchants gave the small number of fishermen who lived in Newfoundland supplies on ___________.
Sir William ___________ hated the fact that merchants controlled Newfoundland fishermen.
The home of the Fishermen's Protective Union was in ________ ________, Trinity Bay.
The Fishermen's Union Trading Company would purchase fish from fishermen for _________.
Because of the Fishermen's Union Trading Company, fish _____________ were no longer needed.
Port Union is the only union-built town in __________ America.

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