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#Indian Ocean

1 What state is Mangalore in?

2 ________ at first attempted to achieve pre-eminence by setting up forts at the important straits and ports.

3 What timezone is Mogadishu in?

4 Another submerged mountain range runs approximately north-south between the ________ and the Chagos Archipelago.

5 What is the leader of Maputo called?

6 The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the water on the ________'s surface.

7 It carries a particularly heavy traffic of petroleum and petroleum products from the oil fields of the Persian Gulf and ________.

8 3000 BC), sailors were sent out onto its waters, journeying to Punt, thought to be part of present-day ________.

9 The Indian Ocean provides major sea routes connecting the Middle East, ________, and East Asia with Europe and the Americas.

10 Who of the following is/was the leader of Durban?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Islamic prophet Muhammad, while in Mecca, was a merchant involved in trade between the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
  • the first known specimen of the Soringa whiting was caught by accident in 1982 during a taxonomic survey of ladyfish in the Indian Ocean?
  • Niccolò Da Conti (1395–1469) was a Venetian merchant who traveled around the Indian Ocean for 25 years in the early 15th century, and was made to relate an account of his travels as a penance for converting to Islam?
  • Mittelafrika was a prospective colony of the German Empire, articulating their aim to annex the land area stretching across Africa from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean?
  • Mayotte situated in the Indian Ocean, Kosovo and Montenegro in the Balkans, and Saint Pierre and Miquelon, off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, have adopted the euro as their national currency?
  • East Wallabi Island has the highest number of plant species on any island of the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago in the Indian Ocean?
  • Commodore Josias Rowley's campaign to capture the Indian Ocean islands of Reunion and Mauritius in 1810 was the source material for the exploits of Jack Aubrey in Patrick O'Brian's novel The Mauritius Command?
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