Panama
Panama City lies near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 29 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Panama trivia questions
What is the capital of Panama?
Answer: Panama City
Bonus fact: Panama City lies near the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal.
What famous canal crosses Panama?
Answer: Panama Canal
Bonus fact: The canal links the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
Panama forms the narrow land bridge between Central America and what continent?
Answer: South America
Bonus fact: The Isthmus of Panama connects North and South America.
Which famous canal uses locks to lift ships across the Isthmus of Panama?
Answer: Panama Canal
Bonus fact: The Panama Canal uses lock systems to move ships between ocean levels and Gatun Lake.
What structures raise and lower ships through much of the Panama Canal?
Answer: Locks
Bonus fact: Locks lift ships to Gatun Lake and lower them again.
The United States transferred full control of the Panama Canal to Panama in what year?
Answer: 1999
Bonus fact: The transfer was completed on December 31, 1999.
Unlike the Panama Canal, the Suez Canal uses what to move ships between seas?
Answer: No locks
Bonus fact: The connected seas are close enough in level for an open channel.
The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in which city?
Answer: San Francisco
Bonus fact: The fair opened in 1915.
The Panama Canal connects the Atlantic Ocean with which other ocean?
Answer: Pacific Ocean
Bonus fact: The canal crosses the Isthmus of Panama.
Why was the treaty controversial in Panama?
Answer: A French representative negotiated on Panama's behalf and granted broad U.S. rights
Bonus fact: Philippe Bunau-Varilla was not Panamanian, and many Panamanians later resented the treaty's terms.
Panama declared independence in 1903 from which country?
Answer: Colombia
Bonus fact: The separation created the Republic of Panama.
Which country quickly recognized and supported Panama's independence in 1903?
Answer: United States
Bonus fact: U.S. naval presence discouraged Colombian forces from suppressing the separation.