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found there: Effects on skin; on physical and mental states; on 

 industrial and social life. 



2. Study similarly the effects of the conditions of life in the 

 temperate zones. What is the value to man of the alternation of 

 summer and winter, in encouraging thrift and foresight; in the 

 permanency and character of homes, etc. The effects of these 

 things on stability of government and of social institutions 

 generally. 



3. Similarly study the conditions of extreme cold, as seen 

 in the life of the Esquimos, Finns, Laplanders, and the like. 



4. Where were the highest examples of aboriginal civilization 

 on the American continent when it was discovered ? Describe. 



5. Describe the steps whereby the clan, the tribe, and 

 the nation may be built up with the home as the starting-point. 

 What new personal qualities are called for and cultivated by the 

 social life of the tribe ? 



6. Illustrate the effects of the physical geography of the 

 earth on man's life and history. Examples: Egypt; Greece; 

 Palestine ; the Mediterranean Sea ; the depression formed by the 

 Hudson River and Lake Champlain; the Allegheny mountains; 

 effects of continents on races. 



7. On the whole, does it seem that man has been sub- 

 ject to the same influence by external conditions which we have 

 found in the lower animals? Illustrate. 



8. Human migrations. Cite some of those that belong to 

 recorded history and look at their causes and results. 



9. What is the zoological character of mixed or hybrid races 

 of men as compared with the stocks from which they were 

 derived? What of their hardiness? Fecundity? Stability? 

 What of the "melting pot" idea as making for a strong race? 



10. What is the human population of the earth estimated to 

 be? How is it believed to be distributed among the leading 

 races? Which is growing with greatest rapidity? What rea- 

 sons can you assign ? 



11. Follow some of the more modern classifications of the 

 divisions of the human race. How do these differ from those 

 used in the text ? 



