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 seafloor, drillers have found large beds of ____ ____, ______, ______, and ______.
