GK
WORLD HISTORY
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control immigration to the colonies
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limit the slave trade
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expand irrigation systems
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decrease the distance of trade routes
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both the Suez Canal and the Panama Canal reduced maritime shipping distances and costs considerably. For instance, the Suez Canal shortened the distance on a maritime journey from Rotterdam to Mumbai (Bombay during colonial India) by 41%. It shortened the distance on a journey from London to Shanghai by 32%.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1869, the Suez Canal was opened, greatly reducing the distance between Britain and India by some 4, 500 miles as ships no longer needed to travel round southern Africa.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Panama Canal serves as a maritime shortcut that saves time and costs in transporting all kinds of goods. The 80-kilometer waterway communicates the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in one of the narrowest points of the American Continent.