Latin America

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

What date was the canal completed?

• July 3, 1979

• August 15, 1914

• April 10, 1900

• November 27, 1905

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

Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?

• to reduce travel time
• to speed up trade
• to protect from invaders
• for fishing

Name the country that built the Panama Canal.

• Colombia
• Cuba
• United States
• Panama

The Columbian Exchange was the exchange of ____________ between the Old World and the New World.

• men and ships for exploring
• money for items
• products, ideas, plants, animals and diseases
• buying goods from Africa

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Plants, animals, ideas and diseases shared between the Old World and the New World following Columbus voyages.

• Old World Market
• New World Swap
• Columbus Trade 
• Columbian Exchange

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What animal, introduced by the Europeans changed life for the Native American Indians?

• pigs
• chickens
• horses
• cows