Panama

What is the name of the country we are studying in September?

• Spain

• Alabama

• Panama

• Mexico

Panama is the only place that you can...

• wear a Panama hat

• eat really good "Ropa Vieja"

• watch the sunrise over the Atlantic and the sunset over the Pacific.

• be an Auburn and an Alabama fan.

Panama's greatest resource is...

• The Panama Canal

• iron ore

• bananas

• the sale of Panama Hats

The Panama Canal saves ships from having to travel...

• a million extra miles

• a hundred extra miles

• 8 thousand extra miles

• a billion extra miles

How many people died while working on the Panama Canal?

• 30,609

• 1,000,000

• 1,057

• 19, 860

Why did so many people die while working on the Panama Canal?

• Machinery accidents

• Dehydration and poor working conditions

• Mosquitos which caused yellow fever and malaria

• Heart attacks and strokes caused by the hard work

There are two types of currency used in Panama.

• True

• False

U.S. Dollars are used in Panama

• True

• False

Balboa is the official currency of Panama.

• True

• False

Balboa, Panama's official currency, is...

• coins only

• paper money only

• coins and paper money

• tokens that you can use at Chuck E. Cheese's