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The Black Sea Region

written by: shalom
 
Please test your knowledge of the Black Sea region. Thank you.

Question 1:


The Black Sea drains into the Atlantic Ocean via the Sea of Marmara and the Mediterranean Sea on the South West. On the other, North East side of the Black Sea, there is a small sea which is connected to the Black Sea via the Strait of Kerch. Name this sea.
The Aral Sea
The White Sea
The Caspian Sea
The Sea of Azov

Question 2:


Six countries are located along the Black Sea border. Which one among them has the longest Black Sea coast line (not including the Sea of Azov coast line)?
Ukraine
Turkey
Romania
Russia

Question 3:


Not counting Istanbul, which of these cities is located on Bosphorus on the side of the Sea of Marmara and is the biggest city on the coast of the Black Sea?
Trabzon, Turkey
Sukhumi, Georgia
Varna, Bulgaria
Odessa, Ukraine

Question 4:


The names of three large rivers flowing into the Black Sea begin with a letter "D". Danube, the largest of the three, flows through ten European countries and enters the Black Sea in Romania. The other two end their flow in this country.
Russia
Turkey
Ukraine
Bulgaria

Question 5:


The Black Sea city of Sukhumi is the capital of this republic that proclaimed its independence from Georgia in the 90s.
Ossetia
Abkhazia
Iberia
Ajaria

Question 6:


The Black Sea, whose waters are known to be meromictic, is the largest water basin in the world where water layers do not intermix, and, thus, lack the dissolved form of what?
Oxygen
Salt
Hydrogen Sulfide
Nitrogen

Question 7:


The Crimean peninsula has been under the control of multiple powers over the centuries. Although it is considered to be an autonomous republic, it is a part of this nation.
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Russia

Question 8:


From the viewpoint of physical geography and ecology, the Ukrainian territories to the north of the Black Sea are known to contain what?
Mountains
Sand desert
Low hills and forests
Steppes or plains

Question 9:


The Black Sea reaches the maximum depth of 2,210 m. Its neighbor, the Sea of Azov, is unique in terms of sea depth for what reason?
It has almost perfectly flat sea floor with a depth of 1370 m.
It is the shallowest sea in the world.
Its floor sinks constantly because it is located on a large basalt plate.
It has no established sea floor, it changes constantly with currents.

Question 10:


All these entities are located around the Black Sea except for one. Name the exception.
Anatolia
Caucasus mountains
Ural mountains
Balkan peninsula

 
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