The Suez Canal

​A comparison

​The Suez and Panama Canals

Watch these two videos and answer the Questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9p-a8YJO-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE_UuHRtXCY

Open Ended

According to Both Videos discuss major construction projects that shaped global _____ routes. Video 1 focused on the Suez Canal, while Video 2 covers the Panama Canal.

Below fill in the blank and give me some similarities that you noticed between both videos.

"The construction site bypassed the Nile and ran directly from Port Said to Suez."

"After years of work, the streams of the two seas finally began merging in the mid-1860s."

Take a look at these pictures and read the quote to help you answer the next questions on the next two slides

Open Ended

1) Both have been called the major highways for World trade, (Using the maps) what bodies of water do both canals connect?

2) After reading the quote environmental impact do you think both canals might have on the bodies of water they connect?

​"Multiple powers attempted to construct such a canal. But their plans were obstructed by cost, political strife, and the ever-shifting sands." ... "In 1862, about 20,000 laborers were forcibly recruited every month, digging the canal in harsh desert conditions without easy access to food or water." ... "Diseases like cholera ran rampant, and workers toiled under the threat of whips." ... "The estimates of those who died during construction range into the thousands."

How the Suez Canal changed the world - Lucia Carminati

​"De Lesseps insisted on digging the canal at sea level, even though it required boring directly through the Continental Divide mountain range." ... "Workers were unprepared for torrential storms, venomous jungle fauna, and tropical diseases." "Accidents and diseases took the lives of 5,000 workers—mostly Black Caribbean migrants."





Demolition, disease, and death: Building the Panama Canal - Alex Gendler

​Read both excerpts form the videos and what you remember about watching them to answer the questions on the next slide

Open Ended

Both canals were incredibly hard to build, according to the video what were the challenges faced? What were the consequences?

Open Ended

• Political maneuvering is evident in both histories. The Suez Canal was initially resisted by the Ottoman Empire but eventually got approval. The Panama Canal involved a coup in Panama supported by the U.S. to gain control and initiate construction. Both Canals have caused thousands of deaths to build. However Global trade has been increased and shipping times have decreased making valuable goods cheaper for many around the world.

In no less then two-three sentences tell me, what are your thoughts on this?