Panama Canal History
In what year did the Panama Canal officially open?
1914
In which country is the Panama Canal located?
What is Panama?
What structures raise and lower ships as they travel through the canal?
What are locks?
What vehicles carry cargo through the Panama Canal?
What are ships?
What natural resource can become scarce during a drought and limit canal operations?
What is freshwater?
Which European country made an early attempt to construct the canal?
What is France?
What narrow strip of land connects North and South America?
What is the Isthmus of Panama?
What freshwater lake is an important part of the canal system?
What is Gatun Lake?
What do ships save by using the canal instead of taking a longer route?
What is travel time?
What longer route around the southern tip of South America might ships take if the canal closes?
What is the route around Cape Horn?
Which country completed construction and operated the canal before transferring control to Panama?
What is the United States?
What sea borders the Atlantic entrance to the canal?
What is the Caribbean Sea?
What substance is used to raise and lower ships in the canal's locks?
What is water?
What is the term for goods transported by ships?
What is cargo?
What term describes the worldwide connection of economies through trade?
What is globalization?
Which two oceans does the Panama Canal connect?
What are the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
What major waterway allows ships to cross Central America?
What is the Panama Canal?
What structure holds a ship while water levels are adjusted?
What is a lock chamber?
What economic activity involves exchanging goods between countries?
What is international trade?
How does the canal's location influence the movement of goods around the world?
What is that it provides a shorter shipping route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
What agreements led to the transfer of canal control to Panama in 1999?
What are the Torrijos–Carter Treaties?
What geographical advantage makes Panama important to international shipping?
What is its location between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
Why is freshwater necessary for the canal's lock system?
What is that water fills and empties from lock chambers to raise or lower ships?
How can the canal lower the cost of transporting goods?
What is that shorter routes can reduce fuel use and travel expenses?
Name two possible economic effects of a prolonged canal closure.
What are higher shipping costs and longer delivery times?