BOLIVIA 799 BOLIVIA 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON BOLIVIA 



Outline 



I. Location and Size (b) Possibilities of future develop- 



(1) Latitude, 9 44' to 22" 50' south ment 



(2) Longitude, 58 to 73 20' west < c > The Peonage system 



(3) Comparative area < 2 > Mining 



(4) Actual size < a > silver and n 

 (a) Reason for uncertainty < 3 > Transportation 



(a) Absence of good roads 



II. Physical Features (b) Growth of rallroads 



(1) "The Mountain Republic" V. The People 



(2) Bateau (1) proportion of Indians 

 Great plains Costumes of women 



(4) Rivers and lakes /ox _,, ... . , ... 



(3) Educational and religious condition 



(5) Close relation between surface and (4) Government 



climate (a) Executive 



(b) Legislature 

 III. Animal Life (c) Judiciary 



(1) Importance of llama (<j) Military system 



(2) Other animals and birds 



VI. History 



IV. Industries and Communication (j) Under Spain 



( I ) Agriculture ( 2 ) Independence achieved 



(a) Relation of crops to altitude (3) Modern development 



Questions 



Why has not the country a tropical climate everywhere? 



Why would you not care to spend a winter in a Bolivian home? 



Why cannot the area of the country be stated exactly? 



What effect has the compulsory military system had on the Indians? 



What article that the school children use every day comes from the United 

 States? 



If the Bolivians could keep only one of their native animals, which would they 

 choose? Why? 



Would you like to be a stylish Bolivian woman? Why? 



What South American country resembles Bolivia in its lack of seacoast? 



If you were transported to the market place of La Paz, what are some of the 

 interesting things that you would look for? 



What section of the country promises great development as a grazing region? 



In what respect are the transportation facilities in the most populous section 

 just as they were hundreds of years ago? 



Give three popular nicknames of Bolivia, and account for each. 



Why can there never be in Bolivia an exciting campaign for the reelection of 

 the President? 



Why will not oranges, which are easily grown in Florida, grow in Western 

 Bolivia, which is nearer the equator? 



Express picturesquely the fact that the capital of the country has been by no 

 means stationary. 



In which part of the country are the people most progressive? 



