1.    Tell the history of rope

2.    Explain the uses of rope

3.    Show and tell how to care for rope

4.    Show how to store rope in the following ways:

a.   Flat Coil

b.   Hanging Coil

5.    Name three different types of rope

6.    Explain what is whipping and do the following:

a.   Whip the ends of a rope using English and American whipping

b.   Whip a synthetic rope

7.    Explain the weakening effects of knots

8.    Tie and explain the uses of the following knots:

• Overhand

• Figure Eight

• Knot

• Surgeon’s Knot

• Sheet Bend

• Fisherman’s Knot

• Two Half Hitches

• Timber

• Hitch

• Clove Hitch

• Taught Line Hitch

• Bowline

• Sheep Shank

• Slippery Sheet Bend

• Slippery Two Half Hitches

• Slippery Taught Line

• Square Lashing

• Tripod Lashing

• Chinese Tarp Knot

• Girth Hitch

• Trucker’s Hitch