Panama Canal

Why did the U.S build the Panama Canal?

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

What was a major problem for building the Panama Canal.

• malaria and yellow fever

• walrus attacks

• poisoned water

• Expensive shipping

What is the importance of canals and why are they constructed?

• to make more water in the world
• to make it easier for people to go from one place to another
• to create a waterway connecting one ocean to another ocean and make travel time faster.

What date was the canal completed?

• July 3, 1979
• August 14, 1914
• April 10, 1900
• November 27, 1905

How long is the Panama Canal?

• 10 miles

• 30 miles

• 48 miles

• 100 miles

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 American want to build the Panama Canal?

• Trading and Military Purposes
• To have an advantage at war.
• To control Panama
• To prevent future wars

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

• FDR
• JFK
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Taft

The canal is a 

• waterway
• highway
• expressway
• milky way

What was created to help shipping across Panama before the canal was built?

• Railroads

• roads

• a series of micro canals

• a bridge across the land