ALBERTA 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON ALBERTA 



(An Outline suitable for Alberta will be found with the article "Proviiife.") 



How did Alberta get its name? 



What is a coulee? 



Why has Alberta no more great herds of bison? 



What was the percentage of increase in population between 1901 and 1911? 



How many Canadian provinces are larger than Alberta? How many states of thr 

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If all the inhabitants of Canada were transferred to Alberta, would the density 

 of population be greater or less than that of the United States? 



What is meant by a "muskeg"? 



Explain the statement, "The climate makes the country, and the chinook makes 

 the climate." 



Name four passes across the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. 



How large is Rocky Mountains Park? 



Of what larger reservation is it a part? 



Does the larger part of Alberta's population live in towns or in the country? 



Give statistics to show the marvelous growth of Alberta's largest city. 



How many provinces have fewer people to the square mile than Alberta? How 

 many states of the United States? 



What part of Alberta can well be called the "Switzerland of America"? Why? 



What natural advantages has Alberta that fit it especially for the raising of cattle 

 and horses? 



Which is the largest lake in the province? Which is the most beautiful? 



How many acres are suitable for cultivation? 



Why is Alberta still known as a "sportsman's paradise"? 



About what is it estimated that the horses of Alberta are worth? 



What percentage of increase was there in the number of farms in the province 

 between 1901 and 1911? 



How many children must there be in a district before it can be organized for 

 school purposes? 



In what way, besides the sending of troops, was Alberta able to help Great Britain 

 in the War of the Nations? 



How does the amount of wheat raised in Alberta compare with that raised in 

 Iowa? 



Compare, as to value, the coal production with its production of wheat; its lum- 

 ber with its slaughtering industry. 



What interesting new industry is growing up near Edmonton? 



How important a problem is the "divorce-evil" in Alberta? 



What is the greatest irrigation project in Alberta? 



What percentage of increase has there been in railway mileage since Alberta 

 became a province? 



How do Alberta's facilities for telephone communication rank with those of the 

 other provinces? With those of other countries? 



In which direction does the watershed run? 



About how many acres of cultivable land has Alberta? 



What have been the results of irrigation? 



