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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. According to the book, fishing is hardest on what part of the body?

2. In an otter trawl, the bottom opening is maintained by a chain made more mobile by metal _____.

3. Which schooner is now tied up as part of a maritime museum in Nova Scotia?

4. What is the leading cause of death on a modern trawler?

5. Most Icelandic towns have a population under _____ people.

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

2. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

3. What skills did fishermen learn in the wake of the imposition of 200-mile zones?

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

5. How did the invention of filleting machinery change New England's cod fishing industry?

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

7. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the Basque culture. What was their involvement in the development of the cod fishing industry? How did they become so powerful in the cod trade?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of the codfish in the culture of New England. How did the "codfish aristocracy" trace their family fortunes? Where does the codfish symbol appear in modern New England? What is the history of the odd symbol?

Essay Topic 3

How have the migratory patterns of cod changed? What is the effect of arctic cod on other cod species? What signs of possible extinction are being noticed by fishermen? What species have replaced the cod as profitable catches? How have their migratory patterns changed?

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