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Exploring the Gulf of Mexico: A Quiz on Geography and History

Test your knowledge of the Gulf of Mexico's geography, history, and ecology with this engaging quiz!

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1 He followed the coastal land mass of central America before returning to the ________ via the Straits of Florida between Florida and Cuba.

2 A 6.0 tremor was recorded on September 10, 2006, 250 miles (400 km) off the coast of ________ which caused no damage, but could be felt throughout the Southeastern United States.

3 Campeche Bank, which extends from the Yucatan Straits in the east to the ________–Campeche Basin in the west and includes Arrecife Alacran.

4 In 1697, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville sailed for ________ and was chosen by the Minister of Marine to lead an expedition to rediscover the mouth of the Mississippi River and to colonize Louisiana which the English coveted.

5 Northwest Gulf of Mexico, which extends from ________ to the U.S.-Mexico border.

6 ________ are also harvested on a large scale from many of the bays and sounds.

7 [6] The Gulf's southwestern and southern shores lie along the Mexican states of Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Tabasco, ________, Yucatán, and the northernmost tip of Quintana Roo.

8 Although ________ was credited with the discovery of the Americas by Europeans, the ships in his four voyages never reached the Gulf of Mexico.

9 There are frequent "________" algae blooms that kill fish and marine mammals and cause respiratory problems in humans and some domestic animals when the blooms reach close to shore.

10 On December 11, 1526, Charles V granted Pánfilo de Narváez a license to claim what is now the ________, known as the Narváez expedition.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • a scrapped demolition proposal for the Baytown Tunnel in Baytown, Texas would have utilized former pieces of its structure in the creation of an artificial reef in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • although Mackerel scad are found from Nova Scotia to Rio de Janeiro, they do not seem common in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • although Spottail pinfish are known from both south Florida and the Gulf of Mexico, there are no confirmed reports of them from the West Indies.
  • at Traverse Gap, a valley in Minnesota and South Dakota, water originating in the watershed of the Gulf of Mexico can flood across the continental divide into the watershed of Hudson Bay.
  • Takalik Abaj, an archaeological site in lowland Guatemala, has one of the greatest concentrations of Olmec-style sculpture outside of the Gulf of Mexico coast.
  • Hurricane Henri of 1979 was only one of four tropical cyclones in the 20th century to enter the Gulf of Mexico and not make landfall.
  • Rollover Pass, which connects East Bay with the Gulf of Mexico, was named after the practice of rolling exports and imports to avoid Customs during Spanish rule.
  • Christopher O. Ward, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, worked on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico before attending Harvard Divinity School.
  • Hurricane Flossy was the first tropical cyclone to significantly impact oil refining in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • artifacts discovered at Mound Bottom, Tennessee show that the site was part of a vast Native American trading network extending to the Great Lakes, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Appalachian Mountains during the Mississippian era.
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