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Exploring the Mediterranean Sea

This quiz investigates various geographical and historical aspects of the Mediterranean Sea, including its surrounding regions, climatic conditions, and significant events that have shaped its current state.

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1 the Strait of Messina, between Sicily and the toe of ________

2 The ________ occurred in the late Miocene when the Mediterranean dried up.

3 The climate is a typical ________ with hot, dry summers and mild, rainy winters.

4 the Tyrrhenian Sea enclosed by ________, Italian peninsula and Sicily;

5 the Catalan Sea, between Iberian Peninsula and ________, as a part of the Balearic Sea

6 the Strait of Gibraltar, connects the ________ to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Spain from Morocco

7 What does the following picture show?  A satellite image taken from the side of the Strait of Gibraltar. At left, Europe: at right, Africa.   Turqueta beach, in the Spanish island of Menorca.   Ksamil Islands in Saranda, Albania   Predominant currents for June

8 the ________, at the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula

9 ________ (from north to south): Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Israel

10 In addition, the Hellenic Arc experienced a rapid rotation phase during the ________, with a counterclockwise component in its eastern portion and a clockwise trend in the western segment.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the round fantail stingray has recently colonized the Mediterranean Sea, but not as a Lessepsian migrant.
  • the northern whiting (pictured) has been declared an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean, having passed through the Suez Canal as part of the Lessepsian migration.
  • the Vadigo, a species of carangid fish, is believed to be expanding its range in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • the first steamship in the Mediterranean Sea basin, Real Ferdiando I, was launched on September 27, 1818, from the Port of Naples.
  • the largest surface action during World War I in the Mediterranean was the Battle of the Strait of Otranto (ships pictured).
  • the free-floating fruit of Posidonia oceanica (pictured), a Mediterranean seagrass, is known as the "olive of the sea".
  • the honeycomb stingray (pictured) has expanded its range into the Mediterranean Sea through the Suez Canal.
  • the European Cenozoic Rift System extends from the Mediterranean to the North Sea.
  • Romanus, the second Bishop of Rochester, drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • ANTARES, a neutrino telescope under construction in the Mediterranean Sea, will find neutrinos from outer space by looking downward, into the Earth.
  • Zakynthos Marine Park in Greece is the first national park established for the protection of sea turtles (Loggerhead Sea Turtle pictured) in the Mediterranean.
  • Percnon gibbesi is the most invasive decapod species ever to enter the Mediterranean Sea.
  • the Battle of Sena Gallica, fought in 551 AD, was the last major naval battle to take place in the Mediterranean Sea for more than a century.
  • the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.
  • "Carolina in My Mind", James Taylor's nostalgic 1968 song about growing up in North Carolina, was written in London and on the Mediterranean islands of Formentera and Ibiza.
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