Completing the short answers will consist of incomplete statements containing a blank-to-be-filled-in.

1. The is the only linkage between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

2. The Southern Command of NATO has its headquarters near .

3. The ___ is located above Turkey on the eastern end of the Mediterranean, between Europe and Asia.

4. The was the cradle of Western civilization.

5. The word “Mediterranean” comes from the Latin works and .

6. The whole Mediterranean area, especially , , and , often has severe earthquakes.

7. In wartime, the Turkish straits may be closed to any nation at war with .

8. The consist of the Bosporus and the Dardanelles, the only linkage between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea.

9. The Mediterranean support an industry twice as valuable as that of any ocean.

10. Far below the sediments on the sea floor, drillers have found large beds of , , , and .

I think that you have to fill the blank of the missing words

Explanation:

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

  this riddles' answer is library.

  the "leaves" are a reference to the books' pages that the library contains; the branches are a network of libraries that connect multiple libraries' collections, resources, and items in a system of a common database, integrating them; the branches' organization are a useful management tool for coordinating the multiple collections many libraries have.