SSC
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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Question
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A transportation route opened in 1914 and once controlled by the U.S.
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Titicaca
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Panama Canal
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Land Bridge
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Sedimentation
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -From its opening in 1914 until 1979, the Panama Canal was controlled solely by the United States, which built it.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1914, the Panama Canal was officially opened. The canal links the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, allowing ships to sail from one ocean to the other without having to go around South America.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 10 years, between 1904 and 1914, the United States mounted and completed one of the most massive construction projects in history-the building of the Panama Canal. To create this ribbon of water between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, the Isthmus Canal Commission excavated 232 million cubic feet of soil.
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