Europe Bodies of Water Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Which landlocked body of water lies east of the Caucasus region and has no natural outlet to the world ocean?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Aral Sea
Sea of Azov
2. A vessel taking the shortest sea route from Dover, England, to Calais, France, crosses which strait?
Strait of Gibraltar
Strait of Dover
Danish Straits
Strait of Otranto
3. Which body of water would a direct ferry between eastern Ireland and western Great Britain cross?
Celtic Sea
North Sea
Irish Sea
English Channel
4. A ferry crossing eastward from Sweden toward Finland would travel primarily across which sea?
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Barents Sea
Norwegian Sea
5. Which river passes through or alongside several European capitals, including Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade, before reaching the Black Sea?
Danube
Rhine
Elbe
Dnieper
6. Cargo following the Rhine downstream from western Germany ultimately reaches which body of water?
North Sea
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Bay of Biscay
7. A vessel traveling from Oslo toward Denmark crosses which body of water between southern Norway and northern Denmark?
English Channel
Kattegat
Gulf of Bothnia
Skagerrak
8. Water carried by the Volga River eventually enters which body of water?
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Baltic Sea
White Sea
9. Which sea separates southern Europe from northern Africa?
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
North Sea
Baltic Sea
10. A ship sailing directly from western France to northern Spain crosses which large bay?
Gulf of Finland
Bay of Kotor
Bay of Biscay
Gulf of Lion
11. A ferry traveling between mainland Greece and western Turkey would most likely cross which sea?
Adriatic Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Aegean Sea
Baltic Sea
12. A ship leaving the Black Sea for the Mediterranean must first enter which narrow waterway?
Strait of Gibraltar
Dardanelles
Bosporus
Strait of Dover
13. Which sea lies north of Norway and northwestern Russia as part of the Arctic Ocean?
White Sea
Norwegian Sea
North Sea
Barents Sea
14. Which body of water lies between Great Britain and mainland northwestern Europe?
Baltic Sea
North Sea
Adriatic Sea
Bay of Biscay
15. Which sea occupies the long, narrow area between the Italian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula?
Aegean Sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
Ionian Sea
Adriatic Sea
16. A boat following the Tagus River downstream through Lisbon would emerge into which ocean?
Arctic Ocean
Southern Ocean
Indian Ocean
Atlantic Ocean