Exploration: Gibraltar

• Analyze the two maps below, “Strait of Gibraltar” and “Gibraltar: A British Territory”
• Read one of the news articles from the section “Gibraltar in the News”
• In your notes, make predictions about what you think the future will be for the political status of Gibraltar. Do you think they will remain a territory of the United Kingdom? Share joint sovereignty with the United Kingdom and Spain? Become an independent country?

Strait of Gibraltar

Source: Google Earth map- Strait of Gibraltar, Google Services: Map.

Gibraltar: A British Territory

Source: Political Map of Gibraltar, CIA World Factbook.