5th SS - ch 2 Geography from Mrs C

Question 0

What is another name for the Mississippi River

Answer 0

The Great River

Question 1

What are the features of Louisiana

Answer 1

1) Rivers: Mississippi River & Red river
2) Boarder States: Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas
3) location: 28-30° North latitude and 89-94° West longitude
4) Time Zone: Central standard time

Question 2

What is the largest river in Louisiana and what is the second largest?

Answer 2

The Mississippi River is the largest river Louisiana and the Red river is the second largest

Question 3

Where is the Louisiana located

Answer 3

28 to 30° North latitude and 89 to 94° West longitude

Question 4

What time zone is Louisiana in

Answer 4

Central standard time

Question 5

Name of the lakes in bayous of Louisiana

Answer 5

Toledo Bend (man-made lake)
Lake Pontchartrain  (largest lake)
False River (A cut off lake/oxbow)
Bayou fafourche (longest Main Street in the world)

Question 6

Land features in La

Answer 6

Natural Levy
Swamps
Passes
Marsh

Question 7

What is natural levee

Answer 7

Riverbanks built up from silt

Question 8

What is a swamp

Answer 8

It is seasonally flooded forest with cypress trees

Question 9

What are passes

Answer 9

Routes to the Mississippi River that travel to meet with the Gulf of Mexico

Question 10

What is a Marsh

Answer 10

Treeless wetlands

Question 11

What is Toledo Bend

Answer 11

It is a man-made lake

Question 12

What is like Pontchartrain

Answer 12

Largest natural lake

Question 13

Falls river

Answer 13

A cut off lake/oxbow

Question 14

What is Bayou Lafourche

Answer 14

Longest main street in the world