9. What were the chief economic motives of colonization? (Bogart,
pages 31-34.)

10. Why did the English finally prevail in the struggle for the
Atlantic seaboard? (Coman, pages 19-21.)


TOPICS FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPORT

I

1. Check up your own experience carefully in order to determine during
what season of the year you work most effectively. What light does
your answer throw upon Topic 5?

2. To what extent is the climate of your section favorable to an
energetic life? To what extent, if to any, is it discouraging to
initiative and ambition?

3. Trace the influence of the geography of your section upon the
economic life of your community.

4. The nature of civilization.


II

5. Relation of civilization to climate. (Huntington, _Civilization and
Climate,_ pages 148-182.)