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Seas, Straits & Water Bodies Quiz

Seas, Straits & Water Bodies · Easy

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Seas, straits, and water bodies are critical features of Earth's hydrosphere, shaping trade routes, climate, and geopolitics. Seas are smaller, partially enclosed sections of the o...

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All 20 questions in this Seas, Straits & Water Bodies quiz
  1. What is the name of the small body of water between England's Kent coast and France's Pas-de-Calais - the busiest international strait?

    • A. North Sea
    • B. English Channel
    • C. Strait of Calais
    • D. Strait of Dover
  2. What is the name of the large inland sea in Russia that is a remnant of the ancient Tethys Ocean?

    • A. Caspian Sea
    • B. Kara Sea
    • C. Aral Sea
    • D. Lake Baikal
  3. What is the name of the body of water between the Italian coast and the islands of Sardinia and Corsica?

    • A. Tyrrhenian Sea
    • B. Ionian Sea
    • C. Ligurian Sea
    • D. Gulf of Genoa
  4. What is the name of the passage between South America and Antarctica through which ships must pass if not using the Panama Canal?

    • A. Beagle Channel
    • B. Drake Passage
    • C. Magellan Strait
    • D. Lemaire Channel
  5. What is the name of the large bay between Alaska and Russia?

    • A. Bering Strait
    • B. Pacific Basin
    • C. Bering Sea
    • D. Sea of Okhotsk
  6. What is the name of the body of water between Denmark and Norway leading into the North Sea?

    • A. North Channel
    • B. Norwegian Sea
    • C. Skagerrak
    • D. Kattegat
  7. What is the name of the channel between New Zealand's North and South Islands?

    • A. Foveaux Strait
    • B. New Zealand Channel
    • C. Cook Strait
    • D. Tasman Sea
  8. What is the name of the inland sea between Romania, Ukraine, and Russia at the northern end of the Black Sea?

    • A. Sea of Kerch
    • B. Danube Delta
    • C. Dnieper Estuary
    • D. Sea of Azov
  9. The 'Persian Gulf' is famous for its large reserves of what?

    • A. Gold
    • B. Diamond
    • C. Oil
    • D. Silver
  10. What is the name of the sea between Japan and the Chinese mainland?

    • A. Philippine Sea
    • B. Sea of Okhotsk
    • C. East China Sea
    • D. Korean Strait
  11. What is the name of the sea that was effectively landlocked by Soviet irrigation policies causing one of history's worst environmental disasters?

    • A. Syr Darya Sea
    • B. Lake Balkhash
    • C. Aral Sea
    • D. Caspian Sea
  12. The 'Dead Sea' is located between Jordan and which other country?

    • A. Lebanon
    • B. Syria
    • C. Egypt
    • D. Israel
  13. What is the name of the large body of water surrounded by Russia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkmenistan?

    • A. Lake Baikal
    • B. Black Sea
    • C. Aral Sea
    • D. Caspian Sea
  14. What is the name of the body of water connecting the Baltic Sea to the North Sea between Denmark and Sweden?

    • A. Great Belt
    • B. resund
    • C. Little Belt
    • D. Kattegat
  15. What is the name of the channel between Tasmania and the Australian mainland?

    • A. Arafura Sea
    • B. Tasman Sea
    • C. Torres Strait
    • D. Bass Strait
  16. What is the name of the sea between Iceland and Scotland?

    • A. Greenland Sea
    • B. North Sea
    • C. Norwegian Sea
    • D. Faroe-Shetland Channel
  17. What is the name of the sea that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and East Africa?

    • A. Indian Ocean
    • B. Arabian Sea
    • C. Gulf of Aden
    • D. Bay of Bengal
  18. What is the name of the warm current that flows southward along the eastern coast of Australia?

    • A. Pacific Equatorial Current
    • B. East Australian Current
    • C. Leeuwin Current
    • D. Agulhas Current
  19. What is the name of the sea between Russia and the northern tip of Japan?

    • A. Pacific Ocean
    • B. Bering Sea
    • C. Sea of Okhotsk
    • D. Sea of Japan
  20. What is the name of the landlocked sea in Central Asia that was the world's fourth largest lake before Soviet irrigation diverted its source rivers?

    • A. Aral Sea
    • B. Lake Tengiz
    • C. Lake Alakol
    • D. Lake Balkhash