Panama Canal

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

What US President was most influential in starting the Panama Canal?

• FDR

• JFK

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Taft

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

Name the country that built the Panama Canal.

• Colombia

• Cuba

• United States

• Panama

In which year did the United States formally hand over control of the Canal to the government of Panama?

• 1917

• 1904

• 2016

• 1999

What did they create to make the canal more successful?

• locks?

• bridges?

• oceans?

• trees?

What date was the canal completed?

• July 3, 1979

• August 14, 1914

• April 10, 1900

• November 27, 1905

The canal is a 

• waterway

• highway

• expressway

• milky way

Which country had to finish digging the canal?

• France

• USA

• Mexico

• Canada

What continent did ships have to go around before the Panama Canal was built?

• North America

• South America

• Europe

• Asia