Exam 19: The Oceans and Human Affairs

The livelihood of the Hanseatic League of Northern Europe was based on what particular fishery?

Cultures that have evolved in close contact with the marine environment are known by anthropologists as:

The United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea stipulates that control of transit through sea straits is guaranteed if:

Evidence has been found that the first Europeans to land in America were:

Some unique cultures heavily influenced by the sea exist in isolated areas where the economy is still based on:

In terms of total volume,seaborne trade is dominated by:

"Nautical interest" is a phrase that describes a country's privileges as related to:

Ecotourism combines travel and:

The oceans are said to have served as barriers of culture due to:

The exclusive economic zone (EEZ)defines the interests that a nation may have over what type of activities?

In the fifteenth century,this nation pioneered the discovery of new areas of the world by crossing the oceans and leading the way to the Age of Exploration was:

The territorial sea of a nation is defined as the water between a nation's coastline to a distance of how many nautical miles?

Perhaps the most remarkable example of reclamation of land from the sea bottom is found in:

Which of the following duties may be performed by the Convention on the Protection of Underwater Cultural Heritage?

A native culture that uses eel-grass as an important resource can be found in:

A group of people that are known to have completed long voyages of discovery across the ocean before the Europeans began wide-spread exploration:

In the native cultures of this region,salmon and killer whales provide a source of many legends and religious beliefs: