Nicaragua to start building canal next month

Nov. 24, 2014

Q: Nicaraguan officials say construction of a $50 billion canal linking the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans will start December 22nd. Where is Nicaragua on this map of Central America?

Circle the area on this map

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Q: The Nicaragua canal would be more than three times longer and much wider than the canal which crosses the Panama . . .

A. Archipelago

B. Isthmus

C. Cape

D. Peninsula

Q: Nicaraguan leaders have been talking about building a canal since 1825. Some of the proposals drew opposition from Nicaragua's southern neighbor . . .

A. Honduras

B. El Salvador

C. Costa Rica

D. Panama

Q: Chinese investors will build the Nicaraguan canal in return for operating it for the next 50 years. Which nation controlled the Panama Canal for more than 60 years?

A. Britain

B. France

C. Spain

D. United States

Q: Nicaraguan leaders hope the canal will boost the economy of the second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. Which nation is poorer than Nicaragua?

A. Benin

B. Cabo Verde

C. Haiti

D. All of the above

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