Chapter 17

QUESTIONS ON THE REQUIRED READINGS

1. Describe briefly each of the six regions into which continental United States may be divided. (Bogart, pages 11-12.)

2. Why has the animal life of the North American continent declined in significance since colonial times? (Bogart, page 8.)

3. Into what five divisions may the forests of the United States be classified? (Bishop and Keller, pages 27-28.)

4. What may be said as to the temperature of the United States? (Bogart, pages 12-13.)

5. What may be said as to the extent of rainfall in the United States? (Bogart, page 13.)

6. Explain the importance of water power in the United States. (Bogart, pages 3-4.)

7. What changes in farm land values have been brought about in the last century? (King, pages 22-27.)

8. Discuss the value of urban land in the United States. (King, pages 15-21.)

9. Why is it extremely difficult to measure the wealth of the United States? (Fetter, pages 6-10.)

TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT

I

1. Trace the growth in the population of your state since 1880. What have been the chief sources of this increase?

2. To what extent has the population of your state been affected by immigration from Europe? What attracts immigrants to your state? Have there been any changes in the character of this immigration since 1880?

3. Classify the population of your state on the basis of occupation. (Secure data from the State Board of Labor, or State Bureau of Statistics.)

4. Estimate the material wealth of your community. What light does the result throw upon the difficulties of summarizing the wealth of the nation?

5. Discuss the importance in the economic life of your section of

(a) Agriculture,

(b) Mining,

(c) Forestry,

(d) Manufacturing.

II

6. The economic geography of your section. (Consult Dryer, _Elementary Economic Geography_.)

7. A comparison of America three hundred years ago with the America of to-day. (Price, _The Land We Live In_, chapters i and ii.)

8. Character of the American population. (Burch and Patterson, _American Social Problems_, chapter ix.)

9. An analysis of the American character. (Bryce, _The American Commonwealth_, vol. ii, chapters cxiv and cxv.)

10. Ways of getting a living. (Carver, _Elementary Economics_, chapter xv.)

11. Geographical distribution of cities and industries in the United States. (Semple, _American History and Its Geographic Conditions,_