FLORIDA 2219 FLORIDA 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON FLORIDA 



(An Outline suitable for Florida will be found with the article "State.") 



If the lakes of Florida were evenly distributed among the states of the Union, 

 how many would each state have? 



Allowing 31% gallons to a barrel, how many barrels of water does the Silver 

 Spring pour out in one hour? 



How does the state manage to obtain a revenue from its convicted criminals? 



Who discovered Florida? For what was he searching at the time? What other 

 famous explorers visited the region? 



What part did certain tiny sea animals have in determining the coast line and 

 the neighboring island formations of this state? 



What enterprise in Saint Petersburg which really has nothing to do with the 

 weather would suffer financially if there were a "run" of cloudy weather? 



If the chief manufacturing industry of the state were abandoned, who would 

 miss the product most? 



What is Shrove Tuesday? How is it celebrated in Florida and in a number of 

 the other Southern states? 



How many states are lower in average elevation? How many states have 

 "highest points" which are less lofty than that of Florida? 



Where is there a much-used natural automobile race course? 



Of what very useful sea product does this state have practically a monopoly? 



How many of the states east of the Mississippi are larger than Florida? How 

 many have a larger population? 



How large a proportion of the inhabitants live in the four largest cities? 



What effect do the sand reefs along the eastern coast have on the commercial 

 possibilities of the state? 



How does Florida help the farms of other states to be more productive? 



What is the chief difference between the prairies of Florida and those of the 

 Central and Western states? 



Who were the most important Indians of the Peninsula? Tell something of 

 their history. About how many are left in the state? 



How does Florida's largest spring rank as to size among the springs of the world? 

 What shows graphically the force with which some of these springs reach the sur- 

 face? 



Is the crop which brings to the state the largest returns a subtropical product, 

 or is it grown in the cooler regions? 



What does the name of this state mean? Why was it given? Account for two 

 popular names. 



What river, not especially important, is known by name as widely as any of 

 the world's greatest rivers? 



How long does it take to go from New York to Florida's most famous winter 

 resort? From Chicago? 



To how many nations has the territory comprising Florida belonged? 



If the coast line of this state were straightened out, how far westward from New 

 York would it reach? 



Of what tropical or semi-tropical products does this state grow practically all 

 that is produced in the United States? 



