El canal de Panamá

esclusa =

• waterway

• lock

• "water elevator"

• lake

How long did the Canal take to build for the United States?

• 20 years

• 15 years

• 10 years

• 11 years

Why is the year 1999 important?

• It is the year the US recovered control of the Canal.

• It is the year the Panama Canal Zone was eliminated.

• It is the year Panama recovered control of the Canal.

• It was the year of the invasion of Panama.

Today the Canal is still perfect and no changes need to be made.

• true

• false

barco =

• tree bark

• ship

• truck

• valley

What do the locks do?

• they elevate the ships from sea level to lake level.

• they trap ships so they can't float freely

• they are a way for Panama to count what is being shipped

There are three sets of locks.

• true

• false

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