Gibraltar: Gateway to the Mediterranean

What is Gibraltar's nickname?

• The Gateway

• Pillar of Hercules

• The Great Cross

• The Rock

Spain ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain in ______

The international agreement that forced Spain to cede the territory was called ____ ______ ___ __________.

• The Convention of St. Petersburg

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Treaty of Utrecht

• The Treaty of Ghent

Spain lost Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands, and other territories as a result of The War of ____________________

Per the terms of the treaty, Spain ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain ___ ___________.

During World War II, Gibraltar became a key naval base, helping to prevent _________________ from slipping into the Mediterranean from the Atlantic.

• Axis spies

• German U-boats

• German warships

• Spanish spies

The latest referendum was held in 2002 over whether Gibraltarians would agree to shared Spanish and British sovereignty. They voted

• no (stay British)

• yes (shared)

Spain refuses to accept the results of this or any referendum. Why?

• They claim that the results of the referenda are false.

• They claim that Gibraltar is a colony of the U.K, and the residents are settlers, which gives them no right to decided the territory's future.

• They claim that the government of Gibraltar is illegitimate, which makes any referendum illegal and unlawful.

Gibraltar is officially

• a British Foreign Department

• a British Overseas Territory

The head of government in Gibraltar is

• the governor

• the prime minister

• the president of Gibralta

• Lionel Messi