Question

Analyze the image below and answer the question that follows.

A topographical map of the Eastern Mediterranean. Bodies of water are labeled A, B, C, D, and E. A is between Turkey and Ukraine. B is between Greece and Turkey. C extends from Lebanon and Syria to Italy and Northern Africa. D is a small strip of water between Egypt and the Sinai Peninsula. E is between Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Image courtesy of NASA

Which two bodies of water are connected by the Suez Canal on the map above?

A. Letter A and Letter B
B. Letter B and Letter C
C. Letter C and Letter E
D. Letter D and Letter E

Answer 1

C. Letter C (the Mediterranean Sea) and Letter E (the Red Sea). The Suez Canal links the Mediterranean (C) to the Red Sea (E).