Panama Canal
Study Questions
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I have included a key for you to check the answers.
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Panama Canal
Study Questions/Web Quest
1. Where is the Panama Canal located?
2. What is the Canal Zone?
3. Why was the canal built?
4. Who was in charge of the construction of the canal?
5. Name a difficulty that had to be overcome in the
construction of the canal.
6. How did we acquire it?
7. Describe the climate in the Canal Zone.
8. How long does it take a boat to pass through the
canal?
9. What cities are at either end of the canal?
10.How long did the United States control the Panama
Canal? What country has control of the Panama Canal
today? Recommended sites to find this information:
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Key
1. Panama Canal is located near the center of the country of Panama in Central
America.
2. The Canal Zone is the strip of land, about 16 miles wide, on either side of the
Panama Canal. It was controlled by the United States as a territory until 1977.
3. Years ago, before it was built, ships would have to travel around the Southern
end of South America to cross from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, a
distance of about 15,600 miles.
4. The United States government appointed chief engineer George Washington
Goethals.
5. The disease yellow fever, which is spread by mosquitoes, was a major problem
during construction.
6. Panama gave the United States rights to lease the land after the United States
helped them gain independence from Columbia, but it was not a lease that
could be renewed indefinitely.
7. The climate is hot, rainy, and tropical.
8. Although it only takes from four or five hours for a ship to go through the
fifty-two mile canal without hold-ups, it often takes a whole day, for ships have
to wait in line for their turn to go through the locks.
9. Panama City and Colon
10. The United States had control of the canal from 1903, when construction
began. It was opened in August, 1914. The United States controlled the Canal
Zone until 1977. It was then jointly governed by Panama and the United States
until 1999, when Panama took full control.
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