Erie Canal

How many miles was the Erie Canal when completed?

• 1 million

• 15

• 363

• 2

What simple machine was invented?

• ladder

• wheelbarrow

• inclined plane

• lever

How did they pay for the Erie Canal?

• money

• food

• tolls

• hard work

What were the paths called that the mules used to pull boats?

• ramps

• bicycle

• lonely

• tow

A canal is a?

• man made channel

• ocean

• lake

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What two major cities did the Erie Canal go to and from?

• Rochester to Albany

• Rome to Utica

• Buffalo to Albany

• Honeoye to Bloomfield

How deep did the canal have to be?

• 4 feet

• 10 feet

• 1,000 feet

• knee deep

How many total locks were originally built?

• 90

• 83

• 100

• 3

The Erie Canal linked what lake and ocean together?

• Lake Ontario & Atlantic Ocean

• Lake Erie & Atlantic Ocean

• Honeoye Lake & Hemlock Ocean

• Lake Erie & Pacific Ocean

What city was the first "boomtown" in New York?

• Albany

• Rome

• Buffalo

• Rochester