Chapter 8: A Nordic Dream Flashcards
One of the major commercial uses of salt in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was to preserve _______.
herring
Herring has been a leading source of _____ for __________ and other populations on the _______ and North Sea for thousands of years.
food; Scandinavians; Baltic
In northern __________ and southern Denmark, _____ salt was made by burning _____ that was impregnated with seawater.
Holland; peat; peat
Ocean-soaked peat is known in Dutch as “______.”
zelle
The result of pumping saltier water from sea depths by means of pumping made from hollowed out tree trunks was…
destruction of a great deal of forest
This Dutch term translates to green herring, sometimes called new herring.
“Groene haringen”
Baltic herring, or pickled fish, became known as…
“surströmming”
Known as the __________ ________, from the Middle High German worse “Hanse,” meaning “________,” these associations pooled their resources to form more powerful groups to act in their commercial interests.
Hanseatic League; fellowship
The seasonal arrival of the ________ shoals became essential to the __________ of both England and __________.
herring; economies; Holland
