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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. In the quota system, groundfish are killed being hauled up do to _____.
(a) Hypothermia.
(b) Pressure changes.
(c) Oxygen depletion.
(d) Hyperthermia.

2. What are the fishing ground off the coast of Ireland called?
(a) The Ireland shelf.
(b) The Irish channel.
(c) The Celtic knot.
(d) The Irish box.

3. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?
(a) The Lunenburg cure.
(b) Hákarl.
(c) Salt ling.
(d) Gloucester gold.

4. What was the Iceland Coast Guard's secret weapon?
(a) A radio jammer.
(b) A trawl wire cutter.
(c) A linguistics expert.
(d) A fire hose.

5. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.
(a) Battle grounds.
(b) Cherry bottom.
(c) Sunset waters.
(d) Rose rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which American President issued a proclamation stating that the U.S. had the right to control mineral resources on its continental shelf?

2. Clarence Birdseye was passing the winter in _____ when he discovered how to freeze food.

3. Which boat was invented on the Pacific to deal with rough seas and haul in bigger catches?

4. Hákarl is the flesh of a large _____.

5. One-third of the Iceland town of Heimaey was destroyed by _____ in 1973?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did navigation improve in fishing in the 17th century?

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

3. Why did it take over seventy years for Europeans to convert their cod fishing fleets to engine power?

4. Why did Icelandic Coast Guard vessels withstand enemy attacks in the second cod war?

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

6. What did Halldór Laxness win the Nobel Prize for and why?

7. What served as buoys and what were they used for in early cod fishing?

8. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

9. What is pair fishing?

10. Why did Icelanders rejoice in the addition of the 12-mile limit zone around their country?

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