OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON ALASKA 



Outline 



I. Location 



(1) Latitude 54 40' to 71 31' north 



( : i Longitude 129 58' west to 172 22' 



east (with islands) 

 (3) Distance from North Pole 



II. Size and General Characteristic* 



(1) Area 



(a) Comparative 



(b) Absolute 



(2) Shape 



(3) Coast line 



( 4 ) Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands 



III. Physical Characteristics 



(1) Coast region 



(a) Islands 



(b) Mountain chains 



1. Coast Range 



2. Saint Elias Range 



3. Aleutian Range 



4. Alaska Range 



(c) Great peaks 



(2) Continental Alaska 



(a) Plateau formations 



(b) Rivers 



(3) Rocky Mountains 



( 4 ) Arctic slope 



(a) Plateau 



(b) Coastal plain 



(b) Whaling 



(c) Salmon fishery 



(d) Other fish 

 (3) Mining 



(a) Gold 



1. History 



2. Output 



(b) Coal 



(c) Copper 



VIII. Communication 



(1) Roads 



(2) Railroads 



(3) Navigable rivers 



( 4 ) Cableand telegraph 



IX. Commerce 



(1) Exports 



(2) Imports 



X. Population 



(1) Density 



(2) White inhabitants 

 ( 3 ) Native groups 



(a) Aleuts 



(b) Athapascan 



(c) Eskimo 



(d) Tlingits 



( 4 ) Education of natives 



(5) Cities 



IV. Climate 



(1) Dependence on surface features 



(2) Temperature and rainfall 



(a) In coast region 



(b) In interior 



(c) On Arctic slope 



V. Plant Life 



(1) Forests 



(a) Forest reserves 



(2) .Grasses -and mosses 



VI. Animal Life 



(1) Caribou 



(2) Reindeer 



(3) Marine animals 



VII. Industries 



(1) Agriculture 



(2) Fisheries 



(a) Seal fishery 



XI. Government 



( 1 ) Governor 



(2) Legislature 



(a) Senate 



(b) House of Representatives 



(3) Judiciary 



(4) Representation in Congress 



( 5 ) Suffrage 



(6) Capital 



XII. History 



(1) Discovery and exploration 



(2) Settlement 



(3) Ownership 



(a) Russian 



(b) Purchase by United States 



(4) Dispute over boundaries 



( 5 ) Discovery of gold 



(6) Development of coal lands 



(a) Fraudulent claims 



(b) Adjustment 



( 7 ) Cost of Alaska, and returns 



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