Vocabulary
the term used for a man made river that connects 2 bodies of water
What is a canal?
This was the leader who seized the throne of Egypt from the Ottoman Turks
Desert fought over
What is the Atacama Desert?
Europe and Egypt celebrated the completion of the canal with this type of musical performance
what is an opera?
a chemical found in the Atacama Desert used for explosives
Leader who build the Suez Canal
What is Ismail Pasha
These mountains run right down the middle of Peru
What is the Andes?
Location of the Suez Canal
What is Egypt?
money owed
what is debt?
Admiral Miguel Gara
countries involved in the War of the Pacific
What is Peru, Bolivia, and Chile?
Why was a canal needed?
it cut 6000 miles off the former trip around Africa. It was needed to lessen the voyage and connect Europe, Asia, and Africa.
a narrow strip of land connecting two countries
what is an isthmus?
Person who composed the opera Aida and Rigoletto for the opening of the Suez Canal
Guiseppe Verdi
What country helped Bolivia with the war AND why?
What is peru and they were alliances?
How did Ismail Pasha get Egypt in debt
spent too much money on his projects such as schools, new roads/railroads, factories and taking over Sudan.
Ismail Pasha was given this title by the Turks
what is khedive?
Muhammad Ali, Said Pasha, Ismail Pasha, and Tawfiq
Chile's outcomes of the war
won the war, won rights to the Atacama Desert and mines, made great deal of money, got southern coastline of Peru
How Britain got control of Europe (3 ways)
Got the Suez Canal, took control of treasury, kicked Ismail Pasha out, Ismail's son had to follow British orders