Oceans

Question 1

Ships anchor

Answer 1

2008
Effecting Middle East and India communications
75 million limited access
Ship mooring off in Egypt in bad weather

Question 2

Russia sabotaging

Answer 2

2023
Punish western nations for supporting Ukraine
Disrupting western life
NATO increased patrol ships in north and Baltic Sea

Question 3

First telegraph

Answer 3

Send morse code messages
Laid on Atlantic floor mid 1800s

Question 4

Coaxial cables

Answer 4

1950
Carrying telephone conversations

Question 5

Fibre optic cables

Answer 5

1990s analogue cables replaced with fibre optic cables
Which carry huge amount of digital data in light form

Question 6

Microsoft and Facebook cable

Answer 6

Constructed in 2018
6600km highest capacity ever Atlantic cable
Linking USA, Europe, Africa, Middle East

Question 7

Territorial sea

Answer 7

Automatically belongs to the country no claim needed
12nm

Question 8

Contiguous zone

Answer 8

Must be claimed
12-24 nm

Question 9

Exclusive economic zone

Answer 9

UNCLOS
Country Can claim rights of exploration and use of marine resources
12-200nm

Question 10

High seas

Answer 10

Open ocean
From 200nm
Not under any control of any country

Question 11

Convention on international trade in endangered species

Answer 11

1975 banned trade in threatened species and their products
Adopted by 181 countries saved some species
Rising wealth in Asia increased trade in some prohibited product
Regulations tightened

Question 12

Maritime power

Answer 12

A nation with very strong navy able to easily control their coast

Question 13

Success in UNCLOS

Answer 13

Oil spills regulated
In 1992 became mandatory for tankers to be fitted with double hulls or other design approved by IMO
Illegal for ships to use seawater to wash out their tanks