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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. What was the forerunner of sonar?

2. Which rich fishing region was considered the laboratory for cod fishing innovation?

3. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.

4. Nova Scotia fishermen looked for a red gravel floor favored by cod called _____.

5. The 19th-century debate over longlining seemed to have been fueled by _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe how gill nets are used.

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

6. How did the Icelandic government finally curb the capacity of is own fishing fleet?

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

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

9. What is pair fishing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who implemented cod farming as a way to combat depleted catches? What are scientists' fears about cod farming today? What are the differences between cod and salmon farming? How is the constitution of a salmon different from that of a cod?

Essay Topic 2

What is the history of the relationship between salt and cod throughout Europe? Which areas were known for the best salt? What trade relationships were created by this?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how quotas are used to try to restore cod numbers. What aspect of the quota system is so wasteful as to make the process less effective than it was set out to be?

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