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Panama celebrates its independence from Spain, on _____?
a) November 28, 1821
b) December 25, 1881
c) November 3rd, 1903
d)

Panama shares a border with what South American country?
a) Paraguay
b) Peru
c) Colombia
d)

The _____ contributes 1/3rd of Panama's entire economy?
a) Caribbean Sea
b) Panama Canal
c) Machu Picchu
d)

The Panama Canal is approximately how many miles long?
a) 40
b) 80
c) 120
d)

What two bodies of water does Panama fall in between?
a) Atlantic Ocean/Baltic Sea
b) Pacific Ocean/Caribbean Sea
c) Mediterranean Sea/Gulf of Mexico
d)

Unique aspect of Panama, unlike any other in the World?
a) only place in the World where you can see the sun rise on the Pacific Ocean and set in the Atlantic Ocean
b) only Central American country that is Communist
c) has the place of above sea level, Mt. Everest
d)

What country attempted to build the Panama Canal, from 1881-1889, and lost 20,000 of its worker's lives in the process?
a) Portugal
b) Spain
c) France
d)

Total amount of money spent by France/U.S, to build the Panama Canal?
a) 5 million
b) 639 million
c) 500 billion
d)

Total number of workers who died building the Panama Canal, due to yellow fever/malaria and accidents?
a) 2069
b) 25609
c) 100,000
d)

What railroad engineer developed a faster system of soil/rock removal that expedited the successful construction of the Panama Canal, in 1904?
a) John Stevens
b) Albert Einstein
c) Fidel Castro
d)

What was the key benefit of the Panama Canal?
a) save time and money transporting cargo and people between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
b) created a beautiful tourist attraction in Panama
c) None of these
d)

What mountain range created a major obstacle to the completion of the Panama Canal?
a) Himalayas
b) Cordilleras
c) Smokies
d)

What U.S. Army General was hired to serve as the primary person to supervise the project of construction of the Panama Canal, using a system of locks that would raise and lower water level for the passage of ships through the Panama Canal?
a) George Armstrong Custer
b) George W. Goethals
c) George Washington
d)

What year did the U.S. complete construction of the Panama Canal?
a) 1914
b) 1950
c) 1999
d)

Panama charges $_____ each time one of the 70 ships pass through the Panama Canal on a daily basis?
a) $50
b) $500
c) $7000
d)

What was the name of the first ship to sail the Panama Canal, in 1914?
a) SS Minnow
b) SS Ancon
c) Mayflower
d)

This river caused water control problems for France and the U.S. while constructing the Panama Canal?
a) Rio Grande
b) Chagres
c) Amazon
d)

The U.S. gave Panama control over the canal in what year?
a) 1988
b) 1999
c) 2005
d)

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