1. Answer the following about the size of the megaship Ever Given.
a) weight
b) length
c) width
d) number of cargo containers it carries

2. How did the container ship get stuck sideways in the Suez Canal?

3. What efforts are being made to free the ship?

4. a) What percent of global trade passes through the Suez Canal?
b) How will the Ever Given’s predicament affect cargo ships that use this route (and in turn consumers who purchase these goods)?

5. a) The Suez Canal provides the shortest sea route from where to where?
b) To where does the majority of cargo shipped from Asia to the U.S. go?