MONTANA 



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MONTANA 



RESEARCH QUESTIONS ON MONTANA 



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



What special effort does the state make to provide against danger from fire? 



What per cent of the total acreage is in farm lands? 



If this farm land made up one continuous region, what state of the Union would 

 it most nearly resemble in size? 



What "by-product" has a value of over $6,000,000 annually? 



According to present estimates, how long would the coal of Montana last if fif- 

 teen million tons were mined each year? 



What famous general was killed by the Indians within the borders of this state? 



What is the source of the school funds of the state? 



What state is about the size of Montana's forested region? What tree is the 

 most useful commercially? 



What change has taken place in the relative importance of mineral products 

 since 1861? 



How many states surpass Montana in the production of its most valuable mineral 

 output? 



When did this territory come into the possession of the United States? To 

 what country had it previously belonged? 



How many people out of every hundred are Indians? How much land, on the 

 average, does each Indian have allotted to him in the reservations? 



Why is the summer temperature more endurable in this state than in many of 

 the states farther east? 



What is the chinookf What effect does it have? 



How many sheep are there in the state? How much wool, on the average, is 

 clipped from one sheep in a year? 



How old must a boy be in this state before he can work in a mine? 



How large a proportion of the people live in cities or towns? 



How does Montana's loftiest waterfall compare in height with the falls of Niag- 

 ara? 



For whom is the largest lake in the state obviously named? 



What use is made of much of the land which is too dry for the production of 

 crops but is not desert? 



How many constitutions has Montana had since it became a state? 



How many states have a larger population? How many of these more populous 

 states are larger? 



If Montana and the smallest state in the Union could exchange populations, how 

 much greater would the population density of the former be than it is at present? 



What part has this state in the formation of the longest river in the world? 



How does some of the drainage of the state reach the Pacific? 



How much smaller would the farm area be if there were no irrigation? 



Of what do the transportation facilities in the mountain regions largely consist? 



What is the railroad mileage to each hundred square miles of area? 



What three important countries of Europe have a combined area about equal 

 to that of Montana? 



How have more than half of the farms of this region been acquired by their 

 owners? 



What does the name Montana mean? Explain the popular name. 



