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Hint
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Answer
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A
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Ocean north of Panama
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Atlantic
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B
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Currency of Panama
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Balboa
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C
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Country west of Panama
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Costa Rica
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D
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English explorer who "discovered" the Pacific ocean from Panama's shore
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Sir Francis Drake
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E
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This town, the site of numerous machiine shops, was the largest town in the zone during the construction period. It became a 'ghost town'when the canal was completed.
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Empire
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F
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Small but highly venomous snake found in Panama
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fer-de-lance
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G
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Large man-made lake that forms largest part of Panama Canal
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Gatun
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H
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Largest monkey found in Panama
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Howler
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I
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Large lizard found in Panama
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Iguana
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J
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Caribbean island country from which came many canal builders whose descendants continue to enrich Panamanian culture
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Jamaica
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K
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Natives of the San Blas Islands
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Kuna
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L
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Transitting ships enter these to be raised or lowered to different water levels.
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locks
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M
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Name of first set of above at the Pacific entrance to the canal
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Miraflores
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N
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Dictator of Panama who was captured and imprisoned by the U.S. after the invasion of 1989
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Noriega
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O
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Name assigned to 1989 U.S. invasion of Panama
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Operation Just Cause
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P
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Name of heavily embroidered and ruffled dress of Panamanian folk dancers
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pollera
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Q
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In March,1975, this cruise ship, the largest in the world at that time, transitted the canal with barely a foot of clearance in the locks.
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QE-2
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R
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Period generally lasting from April-December in Panama
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rainy season
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S
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Slow-moving animal that lives in the trees in Panama
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sloth
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T
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Head of the Guardia Nacional during the treaty negotiations
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Omar Torrijos
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U
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Country that successfully completed the building of the canal
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USA
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V
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Name given to highland area in western Panama
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the Volcan
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W
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This phrase from Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" aptly describes life near the Panama Canal: "____ ____everywhere, nor any drop to drink.""
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Water, water
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Y
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Disease that ravaged early canal workers
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yellow fever
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Z
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Nickname given to Americans living alongside the canal before the treaties of 1978
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zonies
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