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ALASKA 



Outline and Questions on Alaska Continued 

 Questions 



What does the name Alaska mean? 



What are "huskies"? 

 What use is made of them in Alaska? 

 How far north do the United States mail routes extend? 

 Why does the Eskimo eat the floor of his hut? 

 'How did the United States gain possession of Alaska? 

 What was the general verdict regarding the transaction? 

 Were those responsible for it ever justified in public opinion? 

 Is any part of Alaska directly north of the United States? 

 Give two nicknames commonly applied to Alaska. 

 Why is fur seal fishing no longer as profitable as it once was? 

 What measures has the United States taken to offset the damage that has been done 



in this direction? 

 What animal, formerly the sole support of many of the natives, has been almost 



destroyed by the white man? 



Has anything been done by the government to make up for the loss? 

 Which is the most picturesque region of Alaska? 



What is the narrow strip between British Columbia and the ocean called? 

 How many glaciers is it estimated to have? 

 Are working days in the Arctic region limited in winter to the hour or two of 



daylight? *+*+* : . 



To what curious use do the natives put the candlefish? 



Sketch briefly the amazing development in copper production in the last few years. 

 How does the Kodiak bear compare in size with other bears? 

 How many miles of navigable waterway do Alaska's two great rivers furnish? 

 How does the Yukon rank as to size among the rivers of ^North America? 

 How does Alaska compare in size with the other territorial possessions of the United 



States combined? 



What is the average density of population? 

 If all the people in the United States were transferred to Alaska, would Alaska have 



a population as dense as that of New York? 

 How large a population would Alaska have to have to be as thickly settled as 



Belgium? 



Could it support so large a population? 

 How does the area of Alaska compare with the combined areas of Germany and 



France? 



In what way does the southern coast of Alaska resemble the coast of Norway? 

 Where is the highest land in North America? 

 In whose favor was the Alaskan boundary dispute settled? 

 Describe briefly the largest glacier in Alaska. 

 What sort of vegetation clothes one-fourth of Alaska? 

 How much of Alaska has a distinctly Arctic climate? 

 Why has the southern coast region such a heavy rainfall? 

 Why is whaling no longer the important industry it once was? 

 What is a tundra? 

 If the United States had taken nothing from Alaska but salmon, would its purchase 



have been justified? 



h briefly the history of the gold-mining industry. 

 Has gold always been the largest annual output of Alaska? 



