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

2. The first otter trawl was built in _____.

3. Equipment that waits for the fish is called _____.

4. What replaced nylon in gill nets?

5. What are most houses in Iceland made out of now?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe how gill nets are used.

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

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

6. How is hákarl flesh processed and why?

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

8. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

9. Why do fishermen have comparatively high accident rates?

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

Describe how Catholicism created a market for cod. Which holiday was instrumental in the creation of this market? Why? Who benefited from this market?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How did the development of schooners change the cod fishing industry? Describe these ships. What other functions happened on board a schooner besides fishing? What races were developed from schooner technology? How were schooners integral to the Gorton's seafood company?

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