Straits All Over the World

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1. Which strait connects the South Atlantic with the South Pacific? Answer: (Three Words)

2. What is the name of the strait between the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra? Sunda Strait Makassar Strait Strait of Malacca Luzon Strait

3. The strait connecting North and South Islands, New Zealand is known as _____? Answer: (Two Words)

4. Which strait connects east Borneo and west Sulawesi, Indonesia? Strait of Malacca Karimata Strait Sunda Strait Makassar Strait

5. What is the name of the strait between Sumatra and Java, Indonesia? Malacca Strait Sumba Strait Sunda Strait Makassar Strait

6. The strait (formerly called La Pérouse Strait) connecting Hokkaido Island, Japan and Sakhalin Island, Russia is known by what name? Nemuro Strait Osumi Strait Tsugaru Strait Soya Strait

7. Which strait is the narrowest and easternmost section of the English Channel? (English or French spelling). Answer: (Three Words)

8. What is the name of the strait between Sri Lanka and India? Answer: (Two Words)

9. This strait connecting the northern tip of Oman (the Arabian Peninsula) and the south coast of Iran is known as _____? Oman Strait Bab el Mandeb Strait of Hormuz Aden Strait

10. Which strait separates the Arabian Peninsula and the African coast? Bab el Mandeb Aden Strait Hormuz Strait Socotra Strait

11. What is the name of the strait called Canakkale Bogazi in Turkish and Hellespontus in Greek? The ancient Hellespont was the scene of the Persian King Xerxes´crossing to Europe in the invasion of Greece (480 BC). Answer: (One Word)

12. What is the name of the strait (called Karadeniz Bogazi in Turkish) which is a narrow passage between Turkey in Europe and Turkey in Asia, connecting the Sea of Marmara with the Black Sea? Answer: (One Word)

13. The strait (formerly called the Yenikale Strait) connecting the Azov Sea with the Black Sea is known by the name ________? Irbe Strait Dardanelles Bosporus Kerch Strait

14. What is the name of the strait between Denmark and Sweden, connecting the Kattegat with the Baltic Sea? Kattegat Store Bælt (Store Strait) Lille Bælt (Lille Strait) Øresund

15. What is the name of the strait that seperates Corsica, France and Sardinia, Italy? Strait of Messina Strait of Bonifacio Strait of Otranto Strait of Cagliari

16. This strait connecting Iceland and Greenland is called ______? Davis Strait Denmark Strait Robeson Channel Smith Sound

17. What is the name of the strait between Australia (mainland) and Tasmania? Torres Strait Bass Strait Investigator Strait Cook Strait

18. What is the name of the strait between Greenland and Baffin Island, Canada? Cabot Strait Hudson Strait Denmark Strait Davis Strait

19. Which strait connects Baffin Island and Quebec, Canada? Strait of Belle Isle Hudson Strait Northumberland Strait Strait of Canso

20. The strait connecting the Vancouver Island and the mainland of British Columbia (Canada) and Washington (USA) is called by what name? Hecate Strait Shelikof Strait Queen Charlotte Strait Strait of Georgia