12-Mile Rules (Territorial Sea)
This is the distance (in miles) of the Territorial Sea where a country makes all the laws.
What is 12 nautical miles?
EEZ stands for Exclusive _____ Zone.
What is Economic?
Foreign ships can pass through your waters as long as they aren't spying or fishing. This is called "Innocent ____."
What is passage?
This is the total distance (in miles) that the EEZ extends from the shore.
What is 200 nautical miles?
This zone acts like a "security camera" and extends 24 miles to catch smugglers.
What is the Contiguous Zone?
In the EEZ, you don't own the water, but you own these two major natural resources.
What are fish and oil (or minerals)?
True or False: A country owns the airspace above its 12-mile Territorial Sea.
What is True?
Under the EEZ, countries have the right to build these structures to create electricity.
What are wind turbines (or dams
If a narrow "water highway" (like a strait) connects two big oceans, countries must let ships pass. What is this rule called?
What is Transit Passage?
This part of the ocean floor is the "natural prolongation" of land and can sometimes be claimed past 200 miles.
What is the Continental Shelf?