Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World Quiz | Eight Week Quiz G

Mark Kurlansky
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 98 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were slaves purchased with cured cod?
(a) Tanzania.
(b) New Zealand.
(c) West Africa.
(d) Sudan.

2. Who was Canada's biggest competitor in the cod market in the 19th century?
(a) Britain.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Norway.
(d) Iceland.

3. Johann Sigurjonsson is _____ of the Marine Research Institute in Iceland.
(a) Deputy director.
(b) Director.
(c) Lead scientist.
(d) Operations manager.

4. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.
(a) Nationalism.
(b) Conservation.
(c) Colonialism.
(d) Fatalism.

5. What 1901 convention establishing the three-mile limit was nullified in 1944?
(a) The National Waterways Convention.
(b) The New World Fisheries Convention.
(c) The North Se Fisheries Convention.
(d) The Anglo-Danish Convention.

Short Answer Questions

1. After _____ death in 1975, every sector of the Spanish economy attracted investments and was being modernized.

2. What is stuffed cod stomach called in the Scottish Highlands?

3. John Smith renamed _____ "New England".

4. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.

5. Which now-extinct bird would flock overhead and darken the sky in 16th century North America?

(see the answer key)

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