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 .