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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the forerunner of sonar?
(a) The phonometer.
(b) The sonometer.
(c) The chronometer.
(d) The echometer.

2. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Joke or prank.
(b) Bridge.
(c) Government official.
(d) Dolt.

3. Who was sent to Guiana as a death sentence in the 16th century?
(a) Juan Martinez.
(b) Thomas Huxley.
(c) Marco Polo.
(d) John Cabot.

4. Who believed that if Britain lost its Newfoundland fishing ships based in Plymouth alone, it would be the greatest blow the country has ever been given?
(a) Christopher Columbus.
(b) Sir Walter Raleigh.
(c) John Smith.
(d) John Cabot.

5. "Clipper schooners" carried a lot of sail. Why were they dangerous?
(a) They ran aground easily.
(b) They weren't dangerous.
(c) They could not handle gale winds.
(d) They maneuvered poorly.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is considered a bread substitute in Iceland?

2. Harp seals do not like to deal with what part of the cod?

3. Where did the Moore family take the train to every morning to buy freshly-landed North Sea cod?

4. The hilltop of _____ is in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia.

5. Who was Canada's new minister of Fisheries in 1994?

(see the answer key)

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