Panama Canal

President Roosevelt arranged for the U.S. to build the Panama Canal.

What is a canal?

• waterway constructed to allow the passage of boats or ships

• road to help with movement of goods

• a large body of water

• a separation

What did the Panama Canal connect?

• Atlantic Ocean and Amazon River

• Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

• United States and Panama

• Colombia and Panama

The U.S. wanted Panama to secede from Colombia.

What does secede mean?

• Be successful

• Become part of and join together

• Plant seeds

• To separate and become an independent country

The U.S. helped Panama with their revolution.

What is a revolution?

• turning around

• a war to change the government

• building something new

• banks and money

The U.S. negotiated a treaty that gave the U.S. a ten-mile strip through Panama.

What is a treaty?

• A disagreement

• The way you deal with someone

• An agreement between two countries

• The cause of a war

Effects of creating the Panama Canal could include deforestation and flooding.

What is deforestation?

• removing a large area of trees

• planting a large area of trees

• living in a forest

• making something cold

How does the Panama Canal use the geographical theme of movement?

• The location changes

• Goods and people are moved through the canal

• People should move to Panama

• The water is moving

The motto of the canal is "The Land Divided, The World United."

What does this mean?

• You have to break things apart to join them again

• The land was broken up into many pieces and then put back together

• They land of Panama was split but the canal connected two sides of the world with quick movement of ships

• The world is connected to the United States

Who is the person in this cartoon?

• President Roosevelt

• President Obama

• President Lincoln

• President Adams

What is the cartoon showing?

• The US government is weaker than Colombia and won't get the canal done

• The US government is stronger than Colombia and the canal will be helpful for ships

• The US government is stronger than Colombia, but no one will use the canal

• The US government is weaker than Colombia, but ships will use the canal