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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which international organization met in 1973 to expand ocean sovereignty?
(a) The UN Seabed Committee.
(b) NATO.
(c) The Northern Seas Alliance.
(d) International Fisheries Council.

2. In Peru, Clarence Birdseye found a way to covert crushed remains of sugar cane into _____.
(a) Cloth.
(b) Paper.
(c) Dog food.
(d) Paint.

3. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?
(a) Floods.
(b) A fire.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A volcanic eruption.

4. What was the forerunner of sonar?
(a) The phonometer.
(b) The chronometer.
(c) The echometer.
(d) The sonometer.

5. What company did Clarence Birdseye found in Gloucester?
(a) Ocean Foods.
(b) General Seafoods Company.
(c) Gorton's Seafood Company.
(d) Harbor Food Processing.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995, a system was initiated to restrict the total cod catch to _____ percent of the estimated stock.

2. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

3. What does the Dutch word "schrode" mean?

4. What were sail-powered draggers called?

5. What is a lost net that can continue to fish for as long as five years called?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the British Royal Navy reluctant to send combat ships to deal with Iceland during the second Cod War?

2. Why did President Harry Truman impose protected zones for American fisheries?

3. How were the Icelandic Coast Guard ships during the Cod Wars armed and manned?

4. Describe how gill nets are used.

5. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

6. What effect did the term "scrod" have on consumer's perspective on fish?

7. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

8. What happened to many British and German trawlers during the second Cod War?

9. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

10. How did the British respond to being asked to change their preference for fried cod as the cod catch continued to decline?

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