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Maine History

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the keel?

a)

The skeleton of the ship

b)

The backbone of the ship

c)

The part at the front where the two sides come together

d)

The part at the back where the two sides come together

2.

(a)   is the loose rope forced between the boards and then sealed with pitch.

3.

Maine History ___________ than ELA.

a)

is more enjoyable

b)

is not more enjoyable

4.

This image shows a half-model.

a)
b)

A half-model is on paper

c)
5.

What would they do to bend the wood so it would fit on the frames?

a)

Soaked in water

b)

Soaked in liquid wax, then heated until it was bendy.

c)

Steamed

d)

They didn't use wood on the outside.

6.

Where is the figurehead located?

a)

On the prow

b)

On the mast

c)

Near the wheel

d)

It depends

7.

Who paints the ship, hangs the sails, crafts the iron-work, makes the furniture and carves the figurehead?

a)

The same people who do everything else

b)

Specialists

c)

Everyone helps!

d)

The people who caulk the ship

8.

When they are hand-lining, what do the men wear?

a)

Light, inexpensive clothes for hard work

b)

Large leather aprons to stay dry

c)

Fur coats and thick boots to stay warm

d)

Sailors uniforms, as requested by the captain

9.

What were the two types of fishing mainly used?

a)

Hand-lining

b)

Lobster traps

c)

Dory fishing

d)

Trawl fishing

10.

What were the two most popular types of boats?

a)

Dories

b)

Clipper ships

c)

Schooners

d)

Down-Easters

11.

How was cod prepared, once caught, gutted and salted?

a)

Turned to jerky in the oven

b)

Set on racks in the sun

c)

Sold fresh

d)

Put onto strings and dried in the air

12.

What replaced the cod industry?

a)

The salmon industry

b)

The lobster industry

c)

The mackerel industry

d)

The cod industry was not replaced

13.

Mainly, what type of fish are cod? (According to the book)

a)

Freshwater fish

b)

Saltwater fish

c)

Groundfish

d)

Codfish?

14.

It is roughly the year (a)   . People are building the Great Northern Paper Mill in the city of Millinocket.

15.

When were boats built for speed? (According to the book)

a)

The shipbuilding boom

b)

The California gold rush

c)

When people needed to get grain to Europe

d)

The 1980s

16.

A flat-bottomed, double ended boat called a (a)   is used to free logs from a jam.

17.

What does it mean to swamp?

a)

Get overloaded with work

b)

Get stuck in a flat, marshy area.

c)

Clear a road of debris

d)

I don't know

18.

Which one of the 5 main rivers ice was the best?

a)

The Androscoggin

b)

The Kennebec

c)

The Penobscot

d)

The Saint John

e)

The Aroostook

19.

After being dried, what did people have to do to prepare the codfish first before it could be eaten?

a)

Nothing

b)

Soak it in water

c)

Smoke it

d)

Sear it in a pan with butter

20.

True/false: By the 1860s, fifty towns between Kittery and Eastport were manufacturing wooden ships.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

In "The Building of the Ship" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, how does the poem say they will chose the timbers?

a)

With greatest care

b)

With greatest caution

c)

With greatest carefullness

d)

With greatest thought

22.

True/false: Hovels and shanties are the same thing.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The (a)   is a pole with a pointed hook bolted to it that helps the logs downstream.

24.

"A successful launching was second only to a happy ________."

a)

birthday

b)

wedding

c)

event

d)

meal

25.

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)  

26.

This quiz was __________.

a)

Superb!

b)

Great

c)

Meh.

d)

HORRIBLE.