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Panama Canal Quiz
December 24, 2020
</p> <section> <h2> <p>Panama Canal Quiz</p> </h2> <p><p><em>by Patrick Maloney</em></p> <p></p> <p>On October 1, 1979, the first step in transferring ownership of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama took place. On that date, the Panama Canal Zone, a 10-mile wide area surrounding the canal from the Atlantic Ocean to Pacific Ocean, then under U.S. control, ceased to exist.</p> <p></p> <p>The <span style="background-color: transparent;">quiz</span> below, from the <a href="www.ashbrook.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ashbrook Center</a> at Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio, provides an opportunity for you to test your knowledge of the Panama Canal.</p> <p></p> <p><em>Patrick Maloney is the Deputy Director of the Ashbrook Center at Ashland University.</em></p> </p> </section> <section> <h2> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Which country first attempted, but ultimately failed, to build a canal across Panama in the 1880s?</span></p> </h2> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">In what year did the United States begin constructing the Panama Canal and how many years did it take?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">In what year was ownership of the Panama Canal fully transferred from the United States to Panama?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">There is controversy over which ship first traversed the Panama Canal. Which of the following ships isn’t included in the controversy?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p>At the time negotiations began on building the canal, the Isthmus of Panama was not owned by Panama, but by which country?</p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Which U.S. president was responsible for turning the Panama Canal over to Panama?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Which U.S. president said: “My impression about the Panama Canal is that the great revolution it is going to introduce in the trade of the world is in the trade between the east and the west coast of the United States.”?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">A major expansion of the Panama Canal was completed in 2016, enabling larger container ships to traverse the canal. How much more cargo is one ship able to bring through the canal than before the expansion?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Approximately how many workers died of injury and disease during the construction of the Panama Canal?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section> <h3> <p><span style="color: rgb(49, 49, 49);">Which of the following canals is the longest in the world?</span></p> </h3> </section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <section></section> <p>
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