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Panama

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of the country we are studying in September?

a)

Spain

b)

Alabama

c)

Panama

d)

Mexico

2.

Panama is the only place that you can...

a)

wear a Panama hat

b)

eat really good "Ropa Vieja"

c)

watch the sunrise over the Atlantic and the sunset over the Pacific.

d)

be an Auburn and an Alabama fan.

3.

Panama's greatest resource is...

a)

The Panama Canal

b)

iron ore

c)

bananas

d)

the sale of Panama Hats

4.

The Panama Canal saves ships from having to travel...

a)

a million extra miles

b)

a hundred extra miles

c)

8 thousand extra miles

d)

a billion extra miles

5.

How many people died while working on the Panama Canal?

a)

30,609

b)

1,000,000

c)

1,057

d)

19, 860

6.

Why did so many people die while working on the Panama Canal?

a)

Machinery accidents

b)

Dehydration and poor working conditions

c)

Mosquitos which caused yellow fever and malaria

d)

Heart attacks and strokes caused by the hard work

7.

There are two types of currency used in Panama.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

U.S. Dollars are used in Panama

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Balboa is the official currency of Panama.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Balboa, Panama's official currency, is...

a)

coins only

b)

paper money only

c)

coins and paper money

d)

tokens that you can use at Chuck E. Cheese's

11.

The Panama Canal was controlled by the United States until...

a)

December 31, 1914

b)

October 17, 1967

c)

January 1, 1950

d)

December 31, 1999

12.

The numbers of ships that go through the Panama Canal every day.

a)

a gazillion

b)

100,000

c)

40

d)

10

13.

The capital of Panama is...

a)

Madison

b)

Huntsville

c)

San José

d)

Panama

14.

Almost half of the country's population lives in the capital of Panama.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

In 1671 the capital of Panama was...

a)

destroyed by an earthquake.

b)

destroyed by a hurricane.

c)

destroyed by a volcano.

d)

burned down by Henry Morgan and 1, 400 men

16.

In 1989 Panama was invaded by...

a)

Spain

b)

the United States

c)

Mexico

d)

aliens from Mars

17.

In 1989 Panama was invaded because...

a)

Panama shut down the canal and wouldn't let any ships go through

b)

Panama stopped exporting Panama hats

c)

Their president was guilty of crimes

d)

The aliens from Mars wanted to go somewhere they could see a sunrise and a sunset in the same day. It was on their bucket list.

18.

The "Guna" are...

a)

a chain of restaurants that serve tropical foods

b)

a type of bird that lives in the jungles of Panama

c)

a type of boat

d)

a group of indigenous people that are known for making "Molas".

19.

"Molas"...

a)

are embroidered fabric made by the Guna people

b)

a type of dessert.

c)

are aliens that used to live on Mars but now live in Panama.

d)

are restaurants that serve fried grasshoppers.

20.

These are examples of...

a)

molas.

b)

drawings .

c)

pictures drawn by school children.

d)

paintings in houses.