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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Neighborhood adjacent to Panama CIty; site of Gorgas Hospital
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Ancon
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B
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Largest Canal Zone town; site of canal administrative offices and the public high school
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Balboa
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C
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This 8-mile stretch of canal, slicing through the Continental Divide, presented the greatest challenges and danger to the workers during construction.
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Culebra Cut
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D
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Arguably the most important division of canal maintenance, headquartered in Gamboa
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dredging division
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E
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Town on the canal where many machine shops were located which disappeared virtually overnight when the canal was competed and the area was flooded.
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Empire
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F
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Small but highly venomous snake which Zone residents were warned to avoid
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fer-de-lance
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G
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Chief engineer of the Panama Canal
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Goethals
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H
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Large U.S. Air Force base on the Pacific side, active from 1962-1999
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Howard AFB
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I
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Large colorful reptile that sometimes sheltered in Zone residents' trees
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iguana
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J
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Song popular with some canal employees during the treaty negotiations: "Take This_________and Shove It"
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Job
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K
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Citizens of the San Blas Islands who came into Zone on weekends to sell their beautiful 'molas'
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Kuna
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L
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President of Panama who attended Canal Zone College and graduated from a Texas college
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Demetrio Lakas
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M
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Name of first set of locks on Pacific side of canal
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Miraflores
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N
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Dictator of Panama who took over after Torrijos' death in a plane crash
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Noriega
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O
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Name of U.S. invasion of Panama in 1989
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Operation Just Cause
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P
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The only lock chamber with only one "step'
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Pedro Miquel
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Q
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In March, 1975, this enormous cruise ship squeezed through the locks with barely a foot of clearance
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QE2
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R
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President of the U.S. when canal was built
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Teddy Roosevelt
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S
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Small park/zoo/botanical garden located near Gamboa
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Summit Gardens
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T
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Original name of the Bridge of the Americas that crosses over the Pacific entrance to the canal
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Thatcher Ferry Bridge
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U
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Name of U.S. Navy ship that took two months to travel from the west coast to Cuba to aid in 1898 war, emphasizing the need for a passage between the oceans
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U.S.S. Oregon
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V
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Nocturnal creature frequently seen in Zone- less scary than its name or appearance suggests
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vampire bat
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W
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Citizens from this Caribbean area were brought over to work on canal construction. Their treatment, and the conditions under which they had to travel, work, and live present a very dark chapter in Canal Zone history.
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West Indies
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Y
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Disease that ravaged early canal workers until its cause was determined and eradicated
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yellow fever
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Z
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Nickname given to Canal Zone residents
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zonians
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