Land of changes
The southeastern region is changing more rapidly than any other part of the United States - not
because the land is new, but because the area´s old, exhausted land is being given new life. The
problems of the southeast are best illustrated by a story that goes back a decade before the turn of
the century. The tale describes the funeral of a poor man. “They cut through solid marble to make
his grave and yet the little marble tombstone they put above him was from Vermont. They buried
him in the heart of a pine tree forest, and yet his pine coffin came form Ohio. They buried him beside
an iron mine, and yet his nails in his coffin and the iron in the shovel came from Pittsburgh. They
buried him in a coat form New York and shoes from Chicago and a shirt from Cincinnati. The South
didn’t supply anything for that funeral except the body and the hole in the ground.”
An outline of American Geography. International Communication Agency. USA. 1978.
Based on the text, one can say that
I. the story shows the south had added too many skills to its raw materials.
II. geography has been kind to the Southeastern resources of the United States.
III. the South needs to change more rapidly than other parts of the U.S.
IV. the story told reflects the present southerner socio-economic context.
V. the South did not supply anything to the funeral described in this text.
Assinale a alternativa que contém somente afirmativas corretas.
I. the story shows the south had added too many skills to its raw materials.
II. geography has been kind to the Southeastern resources of the United States.
III. the South needs to change more rapidly than other parts of the U.S.
IV. the story told reflects the present southerner socio-economic context.
V. the South did not supply anything to the funeral described in this text.
Assinale a alternativa que contém somente afirmativas corretas.