Worksheet 2: Essay Analysis
Read the essay entitled From Forest to Farm and Back Again and answer the following questions.
1. Using the graph in Figure 3 of the essay, create 3 pie charts of land in Petersham, contrasting the amount of cleared land (cultivated land and pasture) to forest for the years 1700, 1740 and 1850. (Make the forest black and the cleared land white.)
| 1700 | 1740 | 1850 |
According to the black line and right axis of Figure 3:
2. How many people people / km2 were present in central Massachusetts in 1700. How were they using the landscape?
3. How many people / km2 were present in central Massachusetts in 1740? How were they using the landscape?
4. How many people / km2 were present in central Massachusetts in 1850? How were they using the landscape?
