Panama+Canal

(// Make sure you save a copy to your Z drive and email it to your partner as well //!) || || Panama Canal History End of Construction Canal Museum TR's Legacy Panama Canal Virtual Tour
 * __**Directions**__: Work with a partner to visit the given websites to answer the questions below in COMPLETE SENTENCES using MS Word. When you are finished save your document and send to stell.freeport@gmail.com with you and your partners name, period number, and "Panama Canal" in the subject line. **ex. Fluery Stall Period 8 Panama Canal** //Each question is worth 2 pts. for a total of 20.// If you have time, go through one of the virtual tours to see how the canal works!
 * # Explain __AT LEAST 3__ ways mosquitos were eradicated from around the construction areas?
 * 1) How high above sea level is the highest point of the canal?
 * 2) What United States president signed the treaty to give the canal back to Panama? What year did Panama finally get ownership of their own canal zone?
 * 3) In what year did the first boat make an official passage through the canal and what was its name?
 * 4) What is the average toll paid by each ship going through the canal?
 * 5) What is the average number of ships going through the canal each day?
 * 6) How much did the U.S. spend to build the canal and how many died during the U.S. construction?
 * 7) Find the TR quote engraved on a plaque in the Canal Administration building. What was he trying to tell the world with this quote?
 * 8) How important was the canal to the U.S. during the first half of the 1900s? Why? (//opinion and facts to support//)
 * 9) How important is the canal today? Why? (//opinion and facts to support//) || U.S. Construction

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