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The Panama Canal opened in 1914, links

Options

  1. ARed Sea and Mediterranean Sea
  2. BAtlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
  3. CIndian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
  4. DAdriatic Sea and Black Sea

Correct answer

B. Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean

Step-by-step solution

Since its opening in 1914, the Panama Canal has linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. A fifty-mile waterway, connecting canals, rivers, and lakes with locks, was built through the narrowest part of Panama. For, at last, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans were linked by a waterway. Now, ships could use the canal to shorten travel from New York to San Francisco and from Europe to the ports of Asia.

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