Super Quiz: The Panama Canal

1. Which country first began work on the canal in 1881?

2. Name one of the two diseases that took many lives during construction.

3. Who was president of the United States when this country began construction on the canal?

4. The canal replaced the long route around this cape.

5. Unlike the original French plans, the completed canal has --------.

6. What was created to reduce the amount of excavation work?

7. Which country owned the territory when the French began construction?

8. What took place on Dec. 31, 1999?

9. To what does the term "New Panamax" refer?

ANSWERS:

1. France

2. Yellow fever and malaria

3. Theodore Roosevelt

4. Cape Horn

5. Locks

6. An artificial lake (Gatun Lake)

7. Colombia

8. The U.S. relinquished control.

9. Ships that will fit the new locks

Food on 10/22/2014