Multiple choice

Which one of the following is called the 'Key to the Mediterranean'?

  1. Suez Canal

  2. English Channel

  3. Gibraltar

  4. None of these
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Explanation

Gibraltar is known as the 'Key to the Mediterranean' because of its strategic location at the narrow entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic. Controlling this point has been of immense military and commercial importance throughout history.

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