Panama Canal

What is an isthmus?

• A narrow strip of land that connects two larger areas.
• A trade route
• A hole in the ground used for war
• A path submarines took to travel

Which country tried and failed to build the Panama Canal?

• France
• Great Britiain
• China
• Mexico

Early on, what caused most workers to want to flee from Panama?

• Scary Animals
• Diseases
• Landslides
• Pay

What disease spread through the Panama Canal

• chicken pox
• cancer
• flu
• yellow fever

William Gorgas is given credit for getting rid of Yellow Fever. How did he do it?

• Immunization
• Chemical Overload
• Killed all Mosquitoes
• Developed a New Medicine

What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?

• FDR
• JFK
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Taft

What did they create to make the canal more successful?

• locks?
• bridges?
• oceans?
• trees?

What date was the canal completed?

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

The canal is a 

• waterway
• highway
• expressway
• milky way

1903- The 48 mile international waterway allows ships to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, saving about 8,000 miles. ¨Expansion of World trade. 

• Platt Amendment 
• Monroe Doctrine 
• Boxer Rebellion 
• Panama Canal