Nautical Science Unit 1 Practice Exercise

What is the name of the strait that separates the Red Sea from the Gulf of Aden?
1. The Suez Canal
2. The Strait of Aden
3. The Strait of Tiran
4. The Strait of Bab al Mandeb
5. The Strait of Hormuz
Where is the homeport of the U.S. Sixth Fleet?
1. Naples, Italy
2. Gaeta, Italy
3. Norfolk, Virginia
4. Toulon, France
5. Izmir, Turkey
Why is the G-I-UK Gap important to NATO planners.
1. This gap is not of importance to NATO planners.
2. Because it is the deepest part of the Atlantic ocean.
3. Because they would need to take large amphibious forces through these waters.
4. Because the Russian Northern Fleet would need to go through this area to get to the Atlantic sealanes.
5. Because of the large number of Russian naval ports in this area.
Which of the following countries does NOT maintain a research base on Antarctica?
1. Australia
2. New Zealand
3. The U.S.
4. Italy
5. Russia
Where is the largest and busiest Atlantic port in Western Europe?
1. Rotterdam, Holland
2. Hamburg, Germany
3. Southampton, England
4. Antwerp, Belgium
5. Liverpool, England
What mineral is mined off the coasts of Thailand, Malaysia and Sumatra?
1. Tin
2. Gold
3. Iron
4. Oil
5. Copper
Where is the major U.S. naval base on the Gulf Coast?
1. There are no major U.S. naval bases on the Gulf Coast.
2. Pensacola
3. Galveston
4. Mobile
5. Tampa
Where does the Russian Pacific Fleet have is headquarters?
1. Petropavlosk
2. Sovetskaya Gavan
3. Vladivostok
4. Komsomolsk
5. Nakhodka
Where does the U.S. Third Fleet have its headquarters?
1. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
2. San Diego, California
3. Diego Garcia
4. Manama, Bahrain
5. Yokosuka, Japan
Which ocean has a great mid-ocean ridge system shaped like an upside-down "Y"?
1. The Atlantic Ocean
2. The Pacific Ocean
3. The Indian Ocean
4. The Persian Gulf
5. The Arctic Ocean
Which country is the key to U.S. foreign policy in Asia an the principal nation to be defended in the Far East?
1. South Korea
2. Japan
3. Taiwan
4. Singapore
5. China
What are currently the largest mining operations in the Atlantic ocean?
1. Mining for diamonds along the Eastern coast of Mexico.
2. Mining for phosphates off the coast of Iceland.
3. Mining for sands and gravels along the Atlantic seaboard of the U.S.
4. Mining for gold off the East Coast of Brazil.
5. Mining for zinc off the East Coast of Canada.
What percentage of oil used by the U.S. currently comes from the Persian Gulf?
1. 40%
2. 75%
3. 50%
4. 25%
5. 30%
Tahiti and Bora Bora are part of what island chain?
1. The Society Islands
2. The Marshall Islands
3. The Solomon Islands
4. The Hawaiian Islands
5. The Cayman Islands
The deepest spot in all of the oceans is located in the Pacific Ocean. What is it's name?
1. The South Sandwich Trench
2. The Axial Trough
3. The Marianas Trench
4. The Abyssal Plain
5. The Cayman Trench
Which of the following is the best description of the Persian Gulf?
1. It is neither shallow nor deep and has average amounts of plankton.
2. It is a deep gulf that contains vast amounts of plankton.
3. It is a shallow gulf that contains vast amounts of plankton.
4. It is a deep gulf that is almost totally devoid of plankton.
5. It is a shallow gulf that is almost totally devoid of plankton.
What environmental effect did the building of the Aswan Dam in Egypt have?
1. It caused the fishing industry off the coast of Egypt to flourish.
2. It destroyed the fishing industry at the mouth of the Nile river.
3. It greatly reduced the mineral content of the Mediterranean Sea.
4. It had no effect one way or another.
5. It caused the mineral content of the Mediterranean Sea to double.
Which Caribbean nation is a significant worry for the United States?
1. Cuba
2. Puerto Rico
3. Jamaica
4. Grenada
5. The Dominican Republic
Where is most of the shrimp consumed in the U.S. caught?
1. Off the coast of Iceland
2. The Mexican and Venezuelan Gulf Coasts.
3. The U.S. and Mexican Gulf Coasts.
4. The Northeastern U.S. Seacoast
5. The Alaskan Coast
The oil spill from the tanker Exxon Valdez occurred in what Gulf?
1. The Gulf of Sidra
2. The Persian Gulf
3. The Gulf of Mexico
4. The Gulf of Alaska
5. The Gulf of Aden
What part of the world imports over 70% of it's oil needs from the Persian Gulf?
1. Saudi Arabia
2. The United States
3. Venezuela
4. Japan
5. Western Europe
What is the name of the important port on the northern end of the Red Sea?
1. The port of Suez.
2. The port of Jidda.
3. The port of Aden
4. The port of Massawa
5. The port of Eliat
What field of science deals with the great importance of the seas to life on Earth?
1. Geology
2. Navigation
3. Oceanography
4. Geopolitics
5. Geography
Which of the following is NOT one of the six major ocean basins?
1. South Atlantic
2. North Pacific
3. Arctic
4. Indian
5. Antarctic
Which of the following is an example of an island along the North Atlantic portion of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
1. Iceland
2. Tristan da Cunha
3. Ireland
4. England
5. Ascension Island
Which of the following is NOT a U.S. Navy facility in the Gulf of Mexico area?
1. Roosevelt Roads
2. Pensacola
3. Corpus Christi
4. Kings Bay
5. Guantanamo Bay
In 1958, which U.S. submarine became the first vessel ever to reach the North Pole under the ice?
1. The USS Scorpion
2. The USS Neptune
3. The USS Ohio
4. The USS Nautilus
5. The USS Enterprise
The heaviest amount of bulk cargo traffic is carried out of what Gulf?
1. The Gulf of Mexico
2. The Gulf of Aden
3. The Gulf of Riga
4. The Gulf of Sidra
5. The Persian Gulf
Acquiring a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf has been a major goal of what country for the past hundred years?
1. Iraq
2. China
3. Russia
4. Israel
5. The U.S.
More than half of the world's annual catch of marine fish and shellfish come from what ocean?
1. The Atlantic
2. The Pacific
3. The Persian Gulf
4. The Indian
5. The Arctic
Which of the following minerals are found in the Red Sea?
1. Gold
2. Iron
3. Copper and zinc in seabed muds.
4. Diamond
5. Oil
What was the name of the repressive government in Afghanistan which was removed from power in Operation Enduring Freedom?
1. Hammas
2. The Northern Alliance
3. The Taliban
4. The Southern Front
5. Al-Qaida
The Beaufort Sea is located in what ocean?
1. Arctic
2. Pacific
3. Atlantic
4. Indian
5. Antarctic
The U.S. Navy has a research base at McMurdo Sound in what area of the world?
1. Antarctica
2. The Indian Ocean
3. Cuba
4. The Arctic
5. Alaska
What is the name of the key chokepoint for all ships entering or leaving the Persian Gulf?
1. The Strait of Djibouti.
2. The Strait of Tiran
3. The Strait of Hormuz
4. The Strait of Gibraltar
5. The Strait of Bal El Mandeb
Which of the following fish are currently the main catches in the Indian Ocean?
1. Plankton and tuna.
2. Anchovies and shrimp.
3. Tuna and shrimp.
4. Anchovies and plankton.
5. Mackerel and shrimp.
To go from the Atlantic Ocean to sea ports in Poland, through which of the following straits must a ship pass?
1. Turkish Straits
2. Skagerrak
3. Gibraltar
4. Malacca
5. Hormuz
In what country is the U.S. Fifth Fleet based?
1. Japan
2. Israel
3. Saudi Arabia
4. Oman
5. Bahrain
What are the names of the two Atlantic basins?
1. The Eastern and Western
2. The Eastern and Southern
3. The Northern and Western
4. The Northern and Southern
5. The Lower and Upper
Which world leader ordered the invasion of Kuwait in 1990?
1. George Bush
2. King Faud of Saudi Arabia
3. Mohammed Siad Barre
4. Vladimir Putin
5. Saddam Hussein
What Strait lies along the main sea route between Asia and Europe and is the route
Japanese oil tankers follow from the Persian Gulf to Japan?
1. The Strait of Bab El Mandeb
2. The Strait of Gibraltar
3. The Strait of Hormuz
4. The Strait of Tiran
5. The Strait of Malacca
Which of the following countries within the Persian Gulf controls valuable pearl fisheries?
1. Qatar
2. Bahrain
3. Iran
4. Saudi Arabia
5. Iraq
A brutal crackdown on students demonstrating for democratic reform
occurred in mid-1989 in Tiananmen Square. What country is Tiananmen Square in?
1. Taiwan
2. China
3. Russia
4. North Korea
5. Singapore
The sea lanes in which ocean are the most traveled in the world?
1. The Pacific
2. The Indian
3. The Atlantic
4. The Antarctic
5. The Arctic
Pockets of seas that reach into the continents are called what?
1. Sound
2. Gulfs
3. Bay
4. Ocean
5. Waterway
Which of the following European ports is one of the two that handle most of the support traffic for the U.S. land forces in Germany?
1. Liverpool
2. Murmansk
3. Bremerhaven
4. Toulon
5. Riga
Which two Persian Gulf countries fought a war throughout most of the 1980's?
1. Iran and Saudi Arabia
2. Oman and Qatar
3. Iraq and Kuwait
4. Iraq and Saudi Arabia
5. Iran and Iraq
The volcano Mount Pelee erupted in 1902 killing over 30,000 people. On what island is this volcano located?
1. Martinique
2. Cuba
3. Haiti
4. Grenada
5. Puerto Rico
What is the only type of fish that are caught in enough quantity to support a major fishery in the Red Sea?
1. Anchovies
2. King Crab
3. Halibut
4. Sardines
5. Mackerel
What type of sea creatures live in abundance in the Antarctic Seas?
1. Krill
2. Anchovies
3. Skates
4. Mussels
5. Sharks
What percentage of the Earth's surface is covered by salt water?
1. 75%
2. 82%
3. 50%
4. 71%
5. 90%
Which of the following terms describes a body of water that connects two or more inlets or parts of a sea?
1. Sound
2. Waterway
3. Bay
4. Ocean
5. Gulf
What body of water lies between the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aden?
1. The Red Sea
2. The Gulf of Aqaba
3. The Indian Ocean
4. The Strait of Bab al Mandeb
5. The Strait of Tiran
Vast fields containing chunks of a certain type of mineral are found throughout the Pacific Ocean. What is the mineral?
1. Iron
2. Manganese
3. Tin
4. Copper
5. Cobalt
Baffin Bay lies between what two countries?
1. The U.S. and Russia
2. Canada and the U.S.
3. Mexico and the U.S.
4. Greenland and Iceland
5. Greenland and Canada
What percentage of the world's oil production currently comes from the Persian Gulf?
1. One third
2. One half
3. Two thirds
4. One quarter
5. Three fifths
Which body of water near the Mediterranean Sea has such high mineral content that it supports little life?
1. The Black Sea
2. The Yellow Sea
3. The Red Sea
4. The Sea of Marmara
5. The Dead Sea
The largest single offshore mining operation in the world is located where?
1. Iceland
2. Brazil
3. The Bahamas.
4. Norway
5. Texas
Which Persian Gulf State was a key Ally of the U.S. prior to the overthrow of it's Shaw in 1979?
1. Saudi Arabia
2. Iran
3. Oman
4. Kuwait
5. Iraq
Of the major oceans of the world, which is the smallest?
1. Pacific
2. Atlantic
3. Antarctic
4. Indian
5. Arctic