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WorksheetsEl canal de Panamá
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
esclusa =
a)
waterway
b)
lock
c)
"water elevator"
d)
lake
2.
How long did the Canal take to build for the United States?
a)
20 years
b)
15 years
c)
10 years
d)
11 years
3.
Why is the year 1999 important?
a)
It is the year the US recovered control of the Canal.
b)
It is the year the Panama Canal Zone was eliminated.
c)
It is the year Panama recovered control of the Canal.
d)
It was the year of the invasion of Panama.
4.
Today the Canal is still perfect and no changes need to be made.
a)
true
b)
false
5.
barco =
a)
tree bark
b)
ship
c)
truck
d)
valley
6.
What do the locks do?
a)
they elevate the ships from sea level to lake level.
b)
they trap ships so they can't float freely
c)
they are a way for Panama to count what is being shipped
7.
There are three sets of locks.
a)
true
b)
false
8.
Which country tried and failed to build the Panama Canal?
a)
France
b)
Great Britiain
c)
China
d)
Mexico
9.
Early on, what caused most workers to want to flee from Panama?
a)
Scary Animals
b)
Diseases
c)
Landslides
d)
Pay
10.
What disease spread through the Panama Canal
a)
chicken pox
b)
cancer
c)
flu
d)
yellow fever
11.
William Gorgas is given credit for getting rid of Yellow Fever. How did he do it?
a)
Immunization
b)
Chemical Overload
c)
Killed all Mosquitoes
d)
Developed a New Medicine
12.
What date was the canal completed?
a)
July 3, 1979
b)
August 14, 1914
c)
April 10, 1900
d)
November 27, 1905
13.
The canal is a
a)
waterway
b)
highway
c)
expressway
d)
milky way
14.
The Panama Canal runs through the middle of Panama connecting which two oceans?
a)
Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
b)
Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
c)
Atlantic and Pacific Ocean
d)
Carribean Sea and Pacific Ocean
15.
What was the issue the French had when digging the Canal?
a)
They tried to make the canal French.
b)
They didn't know how to get across the isthmus.
c)
They tried to dig the canal at sea level.
d)
Their ditch didn't work
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