Geography Panama Canal questions

approximately how many lines did dr. gorges work on sanitation save ?

70,000 to 71,000

from what country did Panama with its independence

Colombia

how did Theodore Roosevelt become president?

he was vice president but then president McKinley got shot so he became president

how many ships have gone through the canal

half a million

how many workers worked on the Panama Canal?

100,000

how much did the US have to pay to Colombia for reparations

25million

how much was the man who swam across the canal charged as a toll?

38 cents

how much were laborers paid per day

90 cents a day

in what year did Columbus stumble on Panama?

1502

list two challenges that the French encountered ion Panama

• Savage animals

• malaria

• yellow fever

• never been to Panama so everything is new

the Americans were afraid that who would take over the Panama Canal during world war 2?

the nazis

the Panama Canal represents the perfect balance between _____________________________________________

technology and teamwork

true or false? maintenance is no longer needed on the canal

false

what country first attempted to build the canal?

France

what disease had been eliminated by Christmas of 1905

yellow fever

what engineer replaced John Stevens

George Washington goggles

what id the us refuse to raise in the Canal Zone?

the Panamanian flag to be raised along the us flag

what statement did teddy rooselvent take three years after leaving office, which revealed American involvement in the coup

"I took the isthmus" which means that he helped Panama take over the canal land

what two oceans did explorers want to link with the canal?

Atlantic and Pacific oceans

what was as regular as rain?

funerals

what was the primary tool for moving earth

dynamite

which us president visited the workers in Panama

roosevelt

who was president of the us during the start of ward war 2

Franklin d roosevelt

who was the American engineer selected to build the canal

John frank steevens

who was the president of the US during the building of the canal

Theodore roosevelt

why did the completion of the Panama Canal get pushed to the back of the newspapers

because it was just days before Europe erupted in war (world war 1)

why has the canal been expanded?

to allow passage of wider and larger boats and increases access