WorksheetsMaine History
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 16mins
What is the keel?
The skeleton of the ship
The backbone of the ship
The part at the front where the two sides come together
The part at the back where the two sides come together
(a) is the loose rope forced between the boards and then sealed with pitch.
Maine History ___________ than ELA.
is more enjoyable
is not more enjoyable
This image shows a half-model.
A half-model is on paper
What would they do to bend the wood so it would fit on the frames?
Soaked in water
Soaked in liquid wax, then heated until it was bendy.
Steamed
They didn't use wood on the outside.
Where is the figurehead located?
On the prow
On the mast
Near the wheel
It depends
Who paints the ship, hangs the sails, crafts the iron-work, makes the furniture and carves the figurehead?
The same people who do everything else
Specialists
Everyone helps!
The people who caulk the ship
When they are hand-lining, what do the men wear?
Light, inexpensive clothes for hard work
Large leather aprons to stay dry
Fur coats and thick boots to stay warm
Sailors uniforms, as requested by the captain
What were the two types of fishing mainly used?
Hand-lining
Lobster traps
Dory fishing
Trawl fishing
What were the two most popular types of boats?
Dories
Clipper ships
Schooners
Down-Easters
How was cod prepared, once caught, gutted and salted?
Turned to jerky in the oven
Set on racks in the sun
Sold fresh
Put onto strings and dried in the air
What replaced the cod industry?
The salmon industry
The lobster industry
The mackerel industry
The cod industry was not replaced
Mainly, what type of fish are cod? (According to the book)
Freshwater fish
Saltwater fish
Groundfish
Codfish?
It is roughly the year (a) . People are building the Great Northern Paper Mill in the city of Millinocket.
When were boats built for speed? (According to the book)
The shipbuilding boom
The California gold rush
When people needed to get grain to Europe
The 1980s
A flat-bottomed, double ended boat called a (a) is used to free logs from a jam.
What does it mean to swamp?
Get overloaded with work
Get stuck in a flat, marshy area.
Clear a road of debris
I don't know
Which one of the 5 main rivers ice was the best?
The Androscoggin
The Kennebec
The Penobscot
The Saint John
The Aroostook
After being dried, what did people have to do to prepare the codfish first before it could be eaten?
Nothing
Soak it in water
Smoke it
Sear it in a pan with butter
True/false: By the 1860s, fifty towns between Kittery and Eastport were manufacturing wooden ships.
True
False
In "The Building of the Ship" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, how does the poem say they will chose the timbers?
With greatest care
With greatest caution
With greatest carefullness
With greatest thought
True/false: Hovels and shanties are the same thing.
True
False
The (a) is a pole with a pointed hook bolted to it that helps the logs downstream.
"A successful launching was second only to a happy ________."
birthday
wedding
event
meal
The ______ are long pieces, somewhat like masts and booms, that support the sails. A phrase often heard in the last step of shipbuilding is to step the _______.
(a)
This quiz was __________.
Superb!
Great
Meh.
HORRIBLE.
