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10. vVhat severe stonns occur each fall season in the
Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea?
CRITICAL THINKING
11. A. Wluch hvo minerals are the chief resources of the
1. Which of the leadership styles described in this chap- Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas?
ter would work best in your NjROTC mut? Why? B. Where are these minerals being mined?
2. What are some of the most important skills necessary 12. Where are the major naval air and surface bases in
for effective cOllununication by cadet leaders in your the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico?
NjROTC mlit? Why do you tlUnk these are impor- 13. A. "Vhat is the vital navigational choke point of the
tant?1. High morale and good motivation often go Caribbean area?
hand-in-hand for good students. What are some things B. What is the principal importance of this water-
that could be done in your high school to increase stu- way to the United States?
dent morale and improve student performance? 14. WI,ich Caribbean nation and government is a great
1. Many of the strategically important chokepoints iden- worry to the Uluted States? WIly?
tified in this chapter would be of most importance in 15. Why is the naval base at Guantmlanlo Bay important?
a worldwide conflict such as World War II. What do 16. WI,ere is the deepest part of the Arctic Ocean?
you think are the most important of the Western 17. What valuable resource is being obtained from the
chokepoints today, and why? continental shelf off Alaska and Canada in the Arctic
2. Do you think the Panama Canal still has strategic inl- Ocean?
portance today? Should the United States have relin- 18. Why would the Arctic probably become a major op-
quished control of it to Panama in 1999? Justify your erational area in event of a ·war between the United
response. States and any Asiatic country?
19. How has the high dam on the Nile River at Aswan,
Egypt, affected the ecology of the eastern Mediter-
Study Guide Questions ranean?
20. A. What are some famous and inlportant ports of
1. What are the most important military sea-lanes in
the Mediterranean?
the Atlantic for the United States? Why?
B. Where are some of the important naval bases in
2. A. What are the h'i'O Atlantic basins?
the Mediterranean?
B. Where is the deepest spot in the North Atlantic?
21. A. "Vhat are the names of the important Tmkish
The South Atlantic?
straits?
3. What are the principal mineral and mining indus-
B. Why are these straits important to the NATO
tries of the Atlantic and its gulfs and seas?
allies-and to the Ukraituans?
4. Where are the major fishing areas of the Atlantic?
22. WIly is the Suez Canal important to western Europe?
5. What are the major naval bases on the U.s. Atlantic
coast?
6. Wluch h'i'O European ports handle most of the sup- Vocabulary
port traffic for U.S. land forces in Germany? Lake Maracaibo Prudhoe Bay
7. What are some important trade goods the United Dogger Bank jmnbo tanker
States imports from Africa? Suez Canal exports
8. A. What does strategic geography mean? Latitl America imports
B. What are the choke points of navigation leading Strait of Gibraltar lobster, langusta
to and from the Atlantic basins? Skagerrak Strait ice floe
9. Why is the Greenland-Iceland-Uluted Kingdom gap Kattegat Strait Dardanelles, Bosporus
important to the allies? Yucatan Peninsula Turkish Straits