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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. Watertight ship holds with holes for circulating seawater to keep fish alive were called _____.

2. What were sail-powered draggers called?

3. What Nova Scotia fish product was heavily salted on schooners, then dried on flakes along a rocky coastline?

4. Who were infamous on the Grand Banks for the harshness of their working conditions?

5. What replaced nylon in gill nets?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What were the Grandmother messages of 1928?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

What effect did the implementation of engine-powered trawlers have on the fishing industry? Describe these boats and their functions.

Essay Topic 3

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

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