Pre-Panama Canal
Who was originally in control of Panama (not the French)?
What is Spain
Who first started the Construction of the Panama Canal?
Who is the French
Who was the president of the USA during the construction of the Canal?
Who is TR
What types of things are traded in the Panama Canal list just 1?
what is food/materials/natural resources, etc.
True or false, over 20,000 people died during the construction.
What is true
Who was originally building the Panama Canal?
Who is the French
What year was the Panama Canal finished?
What is 1914
What policy did Roosevelt use to gain control of the Panama Canal?
What is the Big Stick policy
What year did the Panama Canal open for trade?
1914
Is the Panama Canal over or under 80 years?
what is over 80 years old
Who was the lead engineer for the French during the Suez canal?
Who is Ferdinand de Lesseps
What innovational system was created to move ships from one water level to another?
What is the lock system
Who was the president of the USA during the OPENING of the Canal?
Who is Woodrow Willson
What nation uses the Panama Canal the most?
What is the United States.
How much on average long does it take for a ship to pass through the modern Panama Canal?
What is 8 hours
Who was John Stevens:
what is Chief engineer
What month was the Panama Canal finished?
What is August
Which president gave away the Panama Canal?
Who is Jimmy Carter
What percent of all world trade goes through the Panama Canal (guess within + or - 10 percent)?
what is 5 percent
Why is the Panama Canal known as one of the greatest engineering feats?
what is merging two oceans
What Canal did the French build?
What is the Suez Canal
What ocean(s) and sea(s) did the Panama Canal connect?
What are the Caribbean, Pacific, and Atlantic
Who was the first president of Panama during the building of the Panama Canal?
Who is Manuel Amador Guerrero
How much is collected annually in tolls guess within 100 million?
what is 2 billion
What year did the U.S. lose control of the Panama Canal?
What is 1999