The Panama Canal How did humans change the land of the Western Hemisphere?
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The Panama The Panama CanalCanal
How did humans change How did humans change the land of the Western the land of the Western
Hemisphere?Hemisphere?
Where is it?
Where is it?
What is it?
❖The Panama Canal cuts through the isthmus of Panama and connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
❖Construction began on January 1, 1880
❖isthmus: a narrow strip of land with water on both sides
❖canal: a man-made waterway
Why would someone want to
build a canal?
How would building a canal
change the land?
Do you think that there were
enough good reasons to build
the Panama Canal?
