CUBA 



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CUBA 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON CUBA 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) Latitude, 19 40' to 23 13' north 



(2) Longitude, 74 to 85 west 



(3) Situation with reference to other land 



masses 

 ( 4 ) Area 



(a) Actual 



( b ) Comparative 



II. Physical Feature** 



(1) Coast line 



(a) Length, 2,500 miles 



(b) Numerous harbors 



(2) Surface characteristics 



(a) Mountains at east and west ends 



(b) Undulating plain in center 



(3) Rivers 



(a) Uselessness for navigation 



III. Climate and Life 



( 1 ) Tropic conditions 



(a) Equalizing effects of sea 



(2) Rainfall 



(3) Unhealthfulness 



(a) Effect of sanitation measures 



(4) Vegetation 



(5) Animal life 



IV. Industries 



( 1 ) Agriculture 



(a) Primitive methods 



(b) Chief crops 



1. Sugar cane 



2. Tobacco 



3. Coffee 



4. Fruits 



(c) Stock raising 



(2) Manufacturing 



(a) Sugar 



(b) Cigars and cigarettes 



(c) Labor problems 



(3) Mining 



( 4 ) Lumbering 



V. The People 



(1) Proportion of various races 



(2) Customs and manners 



(3) Religion 



(4) Education 



(a) Under Spanish rule 



(b) Under present-day conditions 



VI. Commerce and Transportation 



(1) Commercial centers 



(2) Imports 



(3) Exports 



( 4 ) Railroads 



(5) Highways and cart roads 



VII. Government 



(1) Republican form 



(2) Departments and their duties 



(3) Conditions of citizenship 



VIII. History 



(1) Discovery and settlement 



(2) Repeated insurrections against Spain 



(3) Interference of the United States 



(4) Independence secured 



(5) Recent progress 



Questions 



About how many miles would a letter have to travel in going from San Francisco 

 to Cuba? How much would you have to pay to send it? 



From what labor troubles have the sugar planters suffered? Why have not these 

 affected the tobacco manufacturers as well? 



To what happening did the slogan "Remember the Maine" owe its origin? 



Where does it cost as much to carry a ton of freight a few rods as to carry it 

 elsewhere a thousand miles or more? Why? 



How large a part of the world's supply of sugar cane does Cuba produce? 



How far is Havana from New York? from New Orleans? 



What part had people from the United States taken in Cuba's fight for freedom 

 before 1898? 



Why does the Cuban milkman need no milk wagon? 



Who besides a Cuban may ever become President of the republic? 



What were the conditions under which the Cubans lived during the Spanish rule? 



