5th - SS Chapter 2 Handouts

Question 0

A slow-moving, marshy body of water that often joins a river or lake with a gulf

Answer 0

Bayou

Question 1

Piece of land formed when soil is deposited at the mouth of a river; another name for Passes

Answer 1

Delta

Question 2

A river or stream that flows into a larger body of water.

Answer 2

Tributary

Question 3

An area of land

Answer 3

Region

Question 4

A pile or heap of earth

Answer 4

Mound

Question 5

A piece of wet, spongy land

Answer 5

Swamp

Question 6

A long piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

Answer 6

Peninsula

Question 7

A part of the sea that cuts into a coastline and forms a shallow curve

Answer 7

Bay

Question 8

A low, flat land area

Answer 8

Plain

Question 9

A bank built along a river to keep it from overflowing

Answer 9

Levee

Question 10

What is the hottest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana?

Answer 10

114 degrees in 1936

Question 11

What is the coldest temperature ever recorded in Louisiana?

Answer 11

-16 degrees in 1899

Question 12

Describe the weather in Louisiana.

Answer 12

Louisiana is known for its short mild winters and long, hot, humid summers

Question 13

What are Louisiana’s state colors?

Answer 13

Gold, white and blue

Question 14

What is Louisiana’s state capital?

Answer 14

Baton Rouge

Question 15

What flows through Louisiana to the Gulf of Mexico?

Answer 15

Mississippi River

Question 16

A violent storm that begins over water and can have wind speeds of more than 74 miles per hour.

Answer 16

Hurricane

Question 17

Where does Louisiana fall in order of size in the United States?

Answer 17

31st

Question 18

A Cajun pig roast

Answer 18

Cochons de lair

Boucherie

Question 19

Something extra

Answer 19

Lagniappe

Question 20

A Cajun fishing boat

Answer 20

Pirogue

Question 21

An organization that puts on Mardi Gras parades

Answer 21

Krewe

Question 22

Louisiana music

Answer 22

Jazz

Question 23

A Cajun stew thickened with file’ or okra

Answer 23

Gumbo

Question 24

A tasty French donut

Answer 24

Beignets

Question 25

Joy of living

Answer 25

Joke de vivre

Question 26

A good luck charm

Answer 26

Gris Gris

Question 27

A street dance

Answer 27

Fais-do-do

Question 28

It begins in New Mexico

Answer 28

Red River

Question 29

It flows to Lake Borgne

Answer 29

Pearl River

Question 30

It’s name comes from a Choctaw word meaning “long River”

Answer 30

Atchafalaya River

Question 31

It drains at least part of 31 states

Answer 31

Mississippi River

Question 32

It is located in the northeastern Louisiana

Answer 32

Mississippi River

Question 33

The Gulf Intercoastal Waterway canal connects this River to the Calcasieu.

Answer 33

Sabine River

Question 34

A deepwater channel was added to this river in 1926?

Answer 34

Calcasieu River

Question 35

It forms the boundary between Louisiana and Texas?

Answer 35

Sabine River

Question 36

It is sometimes called “the Nike of America”?

Answer 36

Mississippi River

Question 37

Honey Island Swamp is located near this river?

Answer 37

Pearl River

Question 38

It begins in the Arkansas mountains?

Answer 38

Ouachita River

Question 39

It has been altered by humans more than any other Louisiana river?

Answer 39

Atchafalaya River

Question 40

It begins in Vernon Parish?

Answer 40

Calcasieu River

Question 41

It has the second-largest river drainage area in Louisiana?

Answer 41

Red River

Question 42

What are the five major natural regions in Louisiana?

Answer 42

Hills, Terraces, Marsh, Mississippi Floodplain, and Red River Valley