The Panama Canal

What is one way the Panama Canal helps ships?

• It makes shipping slower

• It helps ships avoid the long trip around South America

• It increases trade costs

• It makes trade routes longer

Fill in the blank: The Panama Canal makes shipping ______ and more efficient by shortening trade routes.

• faster

• slower

• heavier

• riskier

Which of the following was NOT an obstacle faced during the construction of the Panama Canal?

• A) Tropical diseases

• B) Harsh terrain

• C) Poor living conditions

• D) Easy access to resources

One obstacle faced during the construction of the Panama Canal was:

• disease outbreaks such as malaria and yellow fever

• lack of available water

• extreme cold weather

• frequent earthquakes

Theodore Roosevelt contributed to the construction of the Panama Canal by:

• Supporting Panama's independence and negotiating the canal's construction

• Designing the canal's engineering plans himself

• Building the canal with his own workforce

• Opposing the construction of the canal

Who was the president when the United States gained the right to build the Panama Canal?

• T. Roosevelt
• McKinley
• Taft
• Wilson

Why was building the Panama Canal so important to the United States? 

• It allowed endangered animals to expand their territory
• It allowed U.S. families to stay connected with each other
• It increased Canada's military capability.
• It would be a major shipping canal connecting the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans

What was one significant impact of the opening of the Panama Canal?

• it helped reduce the spread of communism and socialism in Latin America

• it resulted in the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement

• it increased trade by reducing travel times between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans

• it created tension between the U.S. and Latin American countries over immigration policy