ITALY 



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ITALY 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON ITALY 



Outline 



I. Location and Size 



(1) Latitude 



(2) Longitude 



(3) Importance of peninsular position 



(4) Area 



II. Physical Features 



(1) Coastal peculiarities 



(2) Relief 



(a) Mountain groups 



(b) Coastal and Lombardy plains 



(3) Rivers 



(4) Climate 



(a) Effects of sea and mountains 



III. The People 



(1) Racial qualities 



( 2 ) Population 



(3) Living conditions 



(4) Education 



(5) Religion 



IV. Industries and Commerce 



( 1 ) The chief industry agriculture 



(a) Where practiced 



(b) Chief crops 



(2) Manufacturing 



(a) Recent growth 



(b) Chief products 



(3) Mining 



(a) Sulphur 



(b) Other products 



(4) Transportation 

 ( a ) Railways 



( 5 ) Imports and exports 



V. Government and History 



(1) Government 



(2) Colonies 



(3) History 



(a) Early history that of Rome 



(b) The troubled medieval period 



(c) Invasion by foreign powers 



(d) The Napoleonic era 



(e) The struggle for unification 



(f) Formation of the united kingdom 



(g) Comparatively recent events 

 (h) War with Turkey 



(i) Italy and the War of the Nations 



Questions 



How has the geographic position of Italy favored its development? 



What great ruler regards himself as a prisoner in his palace, and why? 



What were the city states? Name several of the most famous and tell when 

 they were at the height of their glory. 



How did a great poet express his undying love for Italy? 



What Italian educator has become famous the world over, and why? 



What North American region is in the same latitude as Italy? 



What is the "backbone" of Italy? What is its "football"? 



Why does "Look well to the mother before wedding the daughter" have special 

 force in Italy? 



Why, with a comparatively heavy rainfall, does Italy need to resort to irrigation 

 almost everywhere? 



When and why did a breaking up of boundary lines and a redistribution of 

 territory work toward unification? 



Why are farmers so poor in this land of favorable climate and productive soil? 



Give several reasons why Italians have emigrated in large numbers. 



Why has not Rome always been the capital of united Italy? 



What king, what soldier and what statesman had most to do with the unification 

 of Italy? 



What famous poem has as its background one of Italy's chief manufacturing 

 industries? 



