Panama Canal/Suez Canal

The canal is a 

• waterway
• highway
• expressway
• milky way

The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?

• Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
• Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
• Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean

What is the importance of canals and why are they constructed?

• to make more water in the world
• to make it easier for people to go from one place to another
• to create a waterway connecting one ocean to another ocean and make travel time faster.

What date was the canal completed?

• July 3, 1979
• August 14, 1914
• April 10, 1900
• November 27, 1905

Why did American want to build the Panama Canal?

• Trading and Military Purposes
• To have an advantage at war.
• To control Panama
• To prevent future wars

The Suez Canal is located in the country of ______

• Libya

• Saudi Arabia

• Egypt

• Morocco

The Suez Canal is approximately ______ miles long,

• 120

• 110

• 100

• 90

Before construction of the Suez Canal, European explorers had to sail around ______ to get to _____.

• Asia, Africa

• Africa, Asia

• Australia, Asia

• Australia, Africa

Construction of the Suez Canal began in _____.

• 1858

• 1859

• 1860

• 1875

The Suez Canal made travelling easier by connected the ______ and the _____.

• Red Sea, Persian Gulf

• Persian Gulf, Arabian Sea

• Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea

• Red Sea, Nile River