UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 5996 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 



OUTLINE AND QUESTIONS ON THE UNITED 



STATES 



Outline 



I. Location 



(1) Latitude, 25* to 49" north 



(2) Longitude, 67 to 125 west 



(3) Position as compared with European 



nations 

 ( 4 ) Boundaries 



(a) Natural 



(b) Political 



1. Relation with Canada 



2. Relation with Mexico 



II. Size 



(1) East and west breadth, 3,100 miles 



(2) Greatest north and south extent, 1,780 



miles 



(3) Actual area 



(a) Continental, excluding Alaska, 



3,026,789 square miles 



(b) Including all outlying possessions, 



3,743,445 square miles 



(4) Area compared with that of other 



countries 



(a) Canada 



(b) European countries 



(5) Area of separate states 



III. Geographic Features 



(1) 



Coast line 



(a) Great length in proportion to area 



(b) Effect of movements of coast re- 



gions on number of harbors 



(2) Surface features 



(a) Atlantic coastal plain 



1. Narrow in north, widening to- 



ward south 



2. The fall line 



(b) Appalachian highland 



1. The Piedmont 



2. The Blue Ridge 



3. The Great Valley 



4. The Alleghany-Cumberland 



belt 



(c) Interior plain 



1. Absence of great heights 



2. General fertility 



(d) Cordllleran highland 



1. Rocky 'Mountains 



2. Lofty western plateau 



(e) Pacific slope 



1. Pacific valleys 



2. Coast ranges 



(3) River systems 



(4) Lakes 



(5) Climate 



(a) Conditions due to latitude 



(b) Effect of mountain ranges 



1. Sharper variations from east 

 to west than from north to 

 south 



(c) Rainfall 



1. Effect of mountain barriers 



(d) Effect of climate on plant and ani- 



mal life 



IV. The People 



( 1 ) Population 



(a) Density in entire country 



(b) Where greatest density 



(2) Origin of foreign-born population 



( 3 ) Immigration 



(4) Indians and negroes 



(5) Religion 



(a) Statistics concerning strongest 

 sects 



( 6 ) Education 



(a) Growth of public school systems 



(b) State systems 



(7) Chief cities 



V. Resources and Industrie* 



(1) Furs 



(a) Importance in early history of 



country 



(b) Predominance of Alaska 



(2) Fish 



(a) Atlantic coast 



(b) Southern coast 



(c) Pacific coast 



(d) Interior fishing 



(3) Forest resources 



(a) Original forest areas 



(b) Destruction of timber 



(c) Forest conservation 



(4) Minerals 



(a) Structural materials 



(b) Fertilizers 



(c) Metals 



1. Precious metals 



2. Industrial metals 



(d) Fuels 



1. Coal 



2. Oil 



3. Gas 



(5) Agriculture 



(a) North Atlantic section 



1. Dairying leading farm indus- 

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