Question
Study the map given below carefully and answer the questions that follow :
10.1. Identify and name the canal shown in the map.
10.2. State any four features of this canal.
Solution
10.1. Panama Canal
10.2.
- It connects Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
- Constructed across Panama Isthmus between Panama City and Colon.
- It involves deep cutting.
- It has six locks system.
- It has shortened the distance between the East and the West Coast of USA.
- It has also given a boost to the economy of Latin America.
