BOTANY 205 FILM/VIDEO STUDY GUIDE
                               The Ri ver 
                          R-10     (32 m)

         
1.  Approximately how much of the North American continent drains through the
         Mississippi River system?


2.  Who began to build the dike system along the Mississippi River?  Why?


3.  What negative changes took place in the Mississippi River drainage area following the
         Civil War?


4.  Why were the northern watersheds deforested after the Civil War?


5.  What happened in the eastern portion of the Mississippi River drainage system after
         the Civil War?  What happened in the western portion?  What happened along
         the river banks?  What were the consequences of these occurrences?


6.  What year was the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) established?  What was/is the
         purpose of the TVA?  Do you know of any recent problems the TVA has faced?


7.  What was the function of the Civil Conservation Project (CCP)?


8.  Have we been totally successful in undoing the damage that our forefathers did to the
         watersheds of the Mississippi River system?




         Mississippi River        Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
         dike                Civil Conservation Project (CCP)
         Civil War           dam
         lumber                   navigation
         cotton                   flood control
         top soil                 agriculture
         share-cropper            soil conservation
         forest                   homestead
         tenement farmers         hydroelectric power