Suez Canal and the Aswan Dam

T/F The Suez Canal is a choke point.

• True

• False

Where is the Suez Canal?

• Europe

• Asia

• northern Egypt

• China

T/F Countries have historically used choke points to create a trade monopoly by restricting trade through the choke point.

• True

• False

T/F Today, choke points are part of major trade networks for oil and petroleum products (over 1/2 the world's oil is shipped thru choke points)

• True

• False

The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with the:

• Atlantic Ocean

• Mediterranean Sea

• Gulf of Suez

The canal has no locks because:

• it is short in length

• it is shallow and narrow

• they didn't need to change the water level in the channel.

The Suez Canal makes the water route from Great Britain to India shorter by how many miles?

• 12,000 miles

• 7,000 miles

• 5,000 miles

• Can not answer question with information provided

The canal is a 

• waterway
• highway
• expressway
• milky way

Two Physical Modifications in North Africa are the

• Suez Canal, Aswan Dam

• Hoover Dam, Panama Canal

• Aswan Dam, Panama Canal

• Panama Canal, Hoover Dam

Which of the following is a positive effect of the Aswan Dam?

• More jobs

• Flood control

• Hydroelectricity

• All of the above