WorksheetsGibraltar: Gateway to the Mediterranean
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is Gibraltar's nickname?
The Gateway
Pillar of Hercules
The Great Cross
The Rock
Spain ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain in (a)
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 (a)
Per the terms of the treaty, Spain ceded Gibraltar to Great Britain ___ ___________.
(a)
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
The U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea states that Gibraltar's territorial waters extend a minimum ____ nautical miles off its shoreline.
1
2
3
12
Spain refuses to accept the British claim to any territorial waters off Gibraltar, claiming that
overseas territories cannot own territorial waters.
Spain has jurisdiction over all the water off its coast.
as Gibraltar should rightfully be Spanish, the waters off its shore are Spanish territorial waters.
since territorial waters were not defined in the Treaty of Utrecht, Spanish vessels can go where they want and do what they want off the coast of Gibraltar.
Gibraltar is a member of the European Union.
True
False
Gibraltar has an official land border with Spain.
True
False
