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1. This sea in the northern Mediterranean separates two major European peninsulas, the Apennine and the Balkan. Its boundaries are the Strait of Otranto in the southeast and the land of continental Europe in the northwest. Which sea within a sea is this?
2. This arm of the Mediterranean Sea lends its name to two administrative divisions of Greece encompassing the many islands found within its waters. Which sea is this, between the Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas?
3. Which sea, off the eastern coast of Spain, takes its name from the collective name for the islands of Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza, and Formentera?
4. Which arm of the Mediterranean Sea is enclosed by the islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily against the Italian mainland?
5. Which small arm of the Mediterranean Sea is located along the coast of a northwestern Italian region, the birthplace of Christopher Columbus, with which it shares its name?
6. Which tiny sea, tucked away between Greece and Turkey, derives its name from a nearby region which incorporates areas of modern day Bulgaria, Greece, and Turkey? The region specifically includes the European corner of Turkey which is found to the northwest of the Turkish straits.
7. This sea, which shares its name with a major Mediterranean island, is south of the island group known as the Cyclades and north of Crete.
8. Which sea within the Mediterranean would you encounter first upon entering through the Strait of Gibraltar?
9. Which sea to the south of Italy and the west of Greece is named for the collective term for the islands of Corfu, Zante, and Cephalonia, among others?
10. Which name is given to the easternmost arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located south of the Anatolian Peninsula of Turkey and north of Egypt?
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