Completing the short answers will consist of incomplete statements containing a blank-to-be-filled-in.



1. The ________ _______ is the only linkage between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.



2. The Southern Command of NATO has its headquarters near ______.



3. The _____ ___ is located above Turkey on the eastern end of the Mediterranean, between Europe and Asia.



4. The _____________ was the cradle of Western civilization.



5. The word “Mediterranean” comes from the Latin works ______ and _____.



6. The whole Mediterranean area, especially ______, ______, and __________, often has severe earthquakes.

7. In wartime, the Turkish straits may be closed to any nation at war with ____.



8. The _______ _______ consist of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, the only linkage between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.



9. The Mediterranean _____ support an _______ industry twice as valuable as that of any ocean.



10. Far below the sediments on the sea floor, drillers have found large beds of ____ ____, ______, ______, and ______.