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Question	Answer
Admiralty law or maritime law is a distinct body of law that governs maritime questions and__________?	Offenses
It is a body of both domestic Law governing maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private ______ that operate vessels on the oceans?	Entities
It deals with matters including marine commerce, marine navigation, marine ________ , shipping, sailors, and the transportation of passengers and goods by sea.	Salvaging
____________ law also covers many commercial activities, although land based or occurring wholly on land, that are maritime in character.	Admiralty
Admiralty law is distinguished from the Law of the__________	Sea
Admiralty Law is a body of public international law dealing with navigational rights, mineral rights, ________over coastal waters and international law governing relationships between nations.	Jurisdiction
Maritime law consists of a body of _____	law
Conventions and _________ governs international private business or other matters involving ships, shipping or crimes occurring on open water.	Treaties
Laws between nations governing such things as national versus international waters are considered ________ international law and are known as the Law of the Seas.	public
The United Nations, through the International Maritime Organization, has issued numerous conventions that can be enforced by the _________ and coast guards that have signed the treaty outlining these rules.	Navies
Any deliberate disposal of wastes or other matter from vessels, aircraft, platforms or other man-made structures at sea.	Dumping
The seabed and ocean floor and subsoil thereof, beyond the limits of national jurisdiction means:	Area
Railway rolling stock, sea, lake and river craft and road vehicles are;	Means of transport
States which have consented to be bound by this Convention and for which this Convention is in force.	States Parties
A State which has no sea-coast.	Land-locked State
All solid, liquid or gaseous mineral resources in situ in the Area at or beneath the seabed, including polymetallic nodules.	Resources
A group of islands, including parts of islands, interconnecting waters and other natural features which are so closely interrelated that such islands, waters and other natural features form an intrinsic geographical, economic and political entity, or which historically have been regarded as such.	Archipelago
A State, with or without a sea-coast, situated between a land-locked State and the sea, through whose territory traffic in transit passes.	Transit State
It is the introduction by man, directly or indirectly, of substances or energy into the marine environment.	Pollution of the marine environment
A State constituted wholly by one or more archipelagos and may include other islands.	Archipelagic State
The coastal State shall have exclusive jurisdiction over such artificial islands, installations and:	structures
If conflict arises between the interests of the coastal State and any other State or States, the conflict should be resolved on the basis of	equity
These should be established around the artificial islands by the coastal state.	safety zones
The exclusive economic zone is an area beyond and adjacent to the:	territorial zone
The breadth of the safety zones shall be designed to ensure that they are reasonably related to the nature and function of the artificial islands, installations or structures, and shall not exceed a distance of:	500 m
They have the sovereign rights to exploit and explore the exclusive economic zone to produce an energy from the water, currents and winds;	coastal state
These cannot possess the status of islands.	Artificial islands, installations and structures
In the exclusive economic zone, the coastal State has sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the: natural resources,	natural resources
Any installations or structures which are abandoned or disused shall be removed to ensure:	safety of navigation
The exclusive economic zone shall not extend beyond 200 nautical miles from the:	baselines