Education Homework

Chapter 15 Lesson 1 (Suez Canal)

Review Questions: Read Article 1 and then answer the questions below. 

1. How did a container ship named Ever Given become stuck in the Suez Canal? Where did the ship originate from, and where was it going? (one paragraph) 

2. Why did Capt. John Konrad, the founder of the shipping news website gCaptain.com, say that the ship could not have run aground in a worse place in the world? How is the Suez Canal is a “choke point”? (one paragraph) 

3. How will the blockage of the Suez Canal affect globe trade? What kinds of goods are transported through the North African waterway? (one paragraph)