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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. Who returned to Iceland in 1964 and was astounded by its transformation?

2. Iceland is encrusted with _____.

3. Today, fish sticks are usually _____.

4. What were leaders of the trawler industry and chip shop guilds called?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

2. Describe how gill nets are used.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the beliefs of Thomas Henry Huxley? His beliefs were an extension of whose theories on nature? What affect did his beliefs have on the cod fishing industry?

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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