Pirates free oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea

Sep. 03, 2012

Q: After stealing 3,000 tons of oil from a Greek-owned tanker, pirates last week released the ship and its crew unharmed in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Togo in West Africa. Can you find the Gulf of Guinea on this map?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: Piracy is increasing in West Africa, where seized ships are freed after the cargo is transferred to waiting tankers. This is a different method to that used off the Horn of Africa by Somali pirates, who demand a ransom for the ships and crews they capture. The Horn of Africa is located on the . . .

A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Mediterranean Sea

C. Indian Ocean

D. Carribean Sea

Q: Another piracy hotspot is the Strait of Malacca between the Maylay Peninsula and Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is one of the most important shipping lanes in the world, carrying about one-quarter of the world's traded goods between the . . .

A. Indian and Pacific oceans

B. Pacific and Atlantic oceans

C. Atlantic and Indian oceans

Q: The U.S. Navy said recently that aggressive international patrolling also has drastically reduced piracy around the Horn of Africa. The U.S. Navy and Marines fought nation's first overseas land battle in 1805 against pirates from what was called the Barbary Coast. Where is this coast that includes the modern nations of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya?

A. Atlantic Ocean

B. Mediterranean Sea

C. Indian Ocean

D. Carribean Sea

Q: One of the most infamous pirates of all times was known as Blackbeard, who terrorized the West Indies and the East Coast of the American colonies. He was killed in 1718 near Ocracoke Island which is part of the Outer Banks and the state of . . .

A. Florida

B. North Carolina

C. New Jersey

D. Maine

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