World Straits

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Instructions: Famous straits and narrow waterways around the world

1.
The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Atlantic Ocean to which sea?
A
Mediterranean Sea
B
Red Sea
C
Black Sea
D
Caspian Sea
2.
The Strait of Hormuz is a critical chokepoint for the global oil trade. It connects the Persian Gulf to which body of water?
A
Gulf of Oman
B
Indian Ocean
C
Red Sea
D
Arabian Sea
3.
The Strait of Malacca, one of the world's busiest shipping lanes, lies between the Malay Peninsula and which island?
A
Sulawesi
B
Borneo
C
Java
D
Sumatra
4.
The Bosphorus Strait divides which city between Europe and Asia?
A
Athens
B
Istanbul
C
Beirut
D
Cairo
5.
The Strait of Magellan is located at the southern tip of which continent?
A
Australia
B
Antarctica
C
Africa
D
South America
6.
The English Channel, the strait between England and France, is known in French as what?
A
Le Passage
B
Le Détroit
C
La Manche
D
La Mer Étroite
7.
The Strait of Messina separates mainland Italy from which island?
A
Sicily
B
Sardinia
C
Malta
D
Corsica
8.
Drake Passage, one of the roughest waterways in the world, lies between South America and which continent?
A
Australia
B
North America
C
Africa
D
Antarctica
9.
The Bering Strait separates Alaska from which country?
A
Japan
B
Russia
C
Canada
D
China
10.
The Dardanelles Strait, known in ancient times as the Hellespont, is located in which country?
A
Egypt
B
Greece
C
Turkey
D
Italy
11.
The Strait of Taiwan separates Taiwan from mainland China. Approximately how wide is it at its narrowest point?
A
80 miles
B
30 miles
C
150 miles
D
250 miles
12.
The Torres Strait lies between Australia and which nearby island nation?
A
Fiji
B
Papua New Guinea
C
Indonesia
D
New Zealand
13.
The Strait of Dover is the narrowest part of the English Channel. Approximately how wide is it?
A
41 miles
B
61 miles
C
11 miles
D
21 miles
14.
The Strait of Bonifacio separates the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. These islands belong to which two countries?
A
France and Italy
B
Croatia and Montenegro
C
Spain and Portugal
D
Greece and Turkey
15.
The Strait of Mozambique separates Madagascar from the southeastern coast of which continent?
A
Asia
B
Africa
C
Australia
D
South America

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