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Modern Business Geography

(b) Wind
On water

Sailing vessels with fish from the North
Sea to Aberdeen
Water pumped for household use at
Mérida in Yucatan

On land

(c) Steam
Locomotive engine
Marine engine

Wheat from the Black Earth region of
Ukraine to Odessa
A liner with ®*wool from Sydney to
London
Petroleum through pipes from Baku to
Batum

Pump

(d) Gasoline
Automobile

Tourists over the battle fields around
Lille
Boats bringing milk to the doors in
Venice
Mail and passengers from London to
Paris

Boat

Airplane

Passengers in the streets of Damascus
Passengers and freight through the
Simplon Tunnel
Freight over good roads between Manchester
 and Liverpool
Loading freight and moving machinery
on the docks at Hamburg
Examine the pictures in this book. Classify the means of transportation
shown in them under the preceding headings. Can you find pictures for
all the headings?

(e) Electricity
Street car
Railroad

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2

Make a table as nearly as possible like the one given above, using examples
from the United States. Be able to locate each of your examples on the
wall map.

Make a list of all the means of transportation you observe during one
week, numbering them according to the {able given above. Explain the
influence of each of the following conditions on the kind of transportation :
(a) kind of goods; (b) weight of load; (c) distance transported; (d) cost
of power; (e) condition of road.
Example. A woman, evidently a foreigner, is carrying a load of wood on her
head. Number this I a, because in the table given above, No. I stands
for human power, while ¢ means that the load is carried on the head.
The kind of load, its weight, etc., are described as follows :
I a. A woman carrying a load of wood on her head.
Explanation. (1) Kindling wood picked up to cook with at home. Easily
tied up and balanced.