The Panama Canal

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

• Scary Animals
• Diseases
• Landslides
• Pay

What did the U.S. develop rather than taking out an entire mountain

• A Bridge

• A Tunnel

• A Road

• A Canal

Who was the President during the building of the Canal and was the 1st to leave America?

• Teddy Roosevelt
• William Howard Taft
• Woodrow Wilson
• Franklin Roosevelt

Which country had to finish digging the canal?

• France
• USA
• Mexico
• Canada

The workers had to ___ the canal.

• build
• dig
• paint
• destroy

What country is the Panama Canal in?

• Mexico
• Panama
• India
• Australia

Without the canal, ships would have much ___ trips.

• shorter
• faster
• smaller
• longer

Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?

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

What is the Panama Canal?

• a northwest passage through Canada
• a waterway through northern Egypt
• A waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through Panama
• A river that runs through Panama

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