QUIZ
1. What animal does the saying say shouldn't be eaten in months without the letter "R"?
2. What term is used for stories believed to be true and sacred?
3. What term is used for animals which are born in salt water but spawn in fresh water?
4. What is the atmospheric phenomenon which causes a glow to appear on objects?
5. Which animal is thought to be the motivation for the idea of mermaids?
6. What is an example of a half human half animal where the animal part is a horse?
7. What term is used for a religious prohibition against doing something like the eating a specific food?
8. What people, who did ice fishing in Greenland, were met by the Vikings, who failed to learn the necessary techniques to save themselves.
9. Folkore about the ocean contains many ghost ships. Name one of the most famous (which became the subject of an opera). (English will do)
10. What did the Japanese lack that made them more dependent on the ocean for food?
ANSWERS TO THE LAST QUIZ
1. What kind of overfishing is it when fishermen take too many of the mature fish?recruitment overfishing
2. What kind of overfishing is it when fishermen take too many of the young fish?
growth overfishing
3. Which whale, previously on the endangered species list as rebouded and made a come back and has been removed from the list?
California gray whale
4. Malinowski changed the cultural evolutionist approach from magic => religion => science and indicated that the world was divided into to major areas. Name either of them.
"sacred" or "profane"
5. Religion and magic differ in their approach to the supernatural. What kind of approach does magic take?
manipulation
6. What term is used for the carvings of various sorts made on the front of some ships?
figureheads
7. What term is used for a religious prohibition against doing something like the eating a specific food?
"tabu" or "taboo"
8. When risk is high and outcomes are not as predictable, what form of supernatural practice is likely to occur?
magic
9. What word (in English or Japanese) is commonly used in the names of Japanese vessels?
"circle" or "maru"
10. In the classical world, who was the "king of the ocean" (Greek or Latin will do)?
"Neptune"or "Poseidon"