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B. The Isthmus of Panama is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.
C. The latest canal route runs a little north of the Costa Rican border and crosses Lake Nicaragua, an important source of fresh water. Honduras is Nicaragua's neighbor to the north.
D. The United States bought the unfinished canal project from the French in 1904 and completed the canal in 1914. It continued the control the canal and surrounding Panama Canal Zone until 1977 when the territory was turned over to Panama.
D. All of these nations are poorer than Nicaragua, but Benin and Cabo Verde are part of Africa. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere.