The Panama Canal connects the Pacific Ocean with which other water body?
- A.Indian Ocean
- B.Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean
- C.Mediterranean Sea
- D.Arctic Ocean
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Panama Canal was opened in 1914 across the narrow isthmus of Panama, it is about eighty kilometres long and uses a system of locks and the artificial Gatun Lake, and it saves a ship sailing between New York and San Francisco the long voyage around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America. Option A is wrong because the Indian Ocean lies on the other side of the world from this canal. Option C, the Mediterranean Sea, is connected by the Suez Canal, opened in 1869 between Port Said and Suez, which has no locks; the two canals are the standard pair in examinations. Option D, the Arctic Ocean, is reached by the Northwest Passage, a sea route and not a canal. Remember the dates 1869 for Suez and 1914 for Panama.
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