The Northwest Passage
What change in the Arctic ocean since 2000 has made the northwest passage possible?
Ice has been receding
Who built a fortress beside the St. Lawrence river in what is now Quebec city?
Samuel de Champlain
What structures did water overwhelm on that occasion, causing the city to flood?
Levees
The United States has more navigable waterways than…
The rest of the world combined
What caused Marie to get excited in his high school chemistry class?
Seeing a chart of the periodic table of elements
What are two advantages of the northwest passage route over the Panama Canal?
Shorter route, avoid size and weight restrictions in the canal
Pierre Boucher’s seigneury came to be called what?
Boucherville
What natural disaster affected New Orleans in August 2005?
Hurricane Katrina
The duck river is home to more species of fish than…
All the rivers in Europe combined
What was Murray’s work at Valley Forge General Hospital?
He helped soldiers who had been burned and disfigured in World War II
What 1804–18 06 expedition sought to find out if a water route existed through the American continent?
Lewis and Clark
The Saint Lawrence seaway extends from Montreal to the middle of what lake?
Lake Erie
New Orleans was a scene of a decisive battle in what war?
War of 1812
What two engineering projects created an around the world waterway?
Suez Canal, Panama Canal
After helping Charles Woods, Murray did groundbreaking work in what field?
Plastic and reconstructive surgery
What explorer had a river and a bay in North America named for him, but was set adrift by mutineers?
Henry Hudson
What project, completed in 1959, improved shipping between the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean and increased hydroelectric generation?
St. Lawrence seaway
What nickname does New Orleans have because of the fun lifestyle there?
Big easy
In what two states do the headwaters of the Colorado river rise?
Colorado and Wyoming
What operation did Murray perform that was a first of its kind?
Kidney transplant, using a kidney from a live donor
What difference do Canada and the United States have about the ownership of the northwest passage?
Canada believes that the passage passes through its territorial waters, while the US believes it is an international waterway
After the battle of the Plains of Abraham, New France ended, and Quebec was taken over by whom?
The British
How busy a port did New Orleans become by the end of World War II?
Second busiest port in the US
The Mississippi river is home to what fraction of fish species in North America?
1/4
What honor did Murray share in 1990?
Nobel prize in medicine