Midterm

Question 1

spreading of one’s own culture

Answer 1

Cultural diffusion

Question 2

Way of life of a group of people

Answer 2

Culture

Question 3

Music originated in New Orleans

Answer 3

Jazz

Question 4

Music originated in the deep south by African Americans

Answer 4

Blues

Question 5

Music of French speaking African Americans

Answer 5

Zydeco

Question 6

L.A.’s biggest celebration

Answer 6

Mardi Gras

Question 7

French Canadians from Nova Scotia

Answer 7

Acadians

Question 8

African French speaking people born in LA

Answer 8

creoles

Question 9

People who came from American colonies

Answer 9

Anglos

Question 10

Religion brought to louisiana by the french and spanish

Answer 10

Roman Catholic

Question 11

Jazz funeral in New Orleans

Answer 11

Second line

Question 12

Originally held to celebrate a successful harvest

Answer 12

Festivals

Question 13

List 5 Ethnic groups in Louisiana

Answer 13

African Americans, Anglos, Acadians, French, American Indians

Question 14

Provided federal assistance to help restore LA wetlands

Answer 14

breux act

Question 15

small sluggish creek or stream

Answer 15

bayou

Question 16

Seasonally flooded forest

Answer 16

Swamp

Question 17

Place where the river meets the sea

Answer 17

Estuary

Question 18

Atchafalaya community that no longer exists

Answer 18

bayou chene

Question 19

2nd largest river in LA, begins in New Mexico

Answer 19

red river

Question 20

river delta that is actually adding land to the coastline of louisiana

Answer 20

atchafalaya

Question 21

Biggest influence of LA’s weather

Answer 21

gulf of mexico

Question 22

Wet treeless prairie covered with water

Answer 22

marsh

Question 23

Folded underground rock formations found in the marsh

Answer 23

salt dome

Question 24

Severe tropical windstorm

Answer 24

hurricane

Question 25

Protects the wetlands from ocean waves

Answer 25

barrier islands

Question 26

Areas covered by water at least part of the year

Answer 26

wetlands

Question 27

Reservoir built in 1967 forming border with LA and Texas

Answer 27

toledo bend

Question 28

formed terrain of this state

Answer 28

ms river

Question 29

Area of level land along a river likely to flood

Answer 29

floodplain

Question 30

Flat table top region similar to midwest

Answer 30

praries

Question 31

HIghest elevation in LA

Answer 31

mt driskil

Question 32

Louisiana has long the amount of land equal to which state?

Answer 32

Delaware

Question 33

The great flood of what year led to levee systems along the mississippi river

Answer 33

1927

Question 34

List Louisiana’s 4 natural borders

Answer 34

Mississippi river, Sabine river, Pearl RIver, The gulf of Mexico

Question 35

Flesh eaters

Answer 35

atakapa

Question 36

Had a class system

Answer 36

natchez

Question 37

Sold their land to the US and moved to the oklahoma reservation

Answer 37

caddo

Question 38

Helped the americans fight against the British

Answer 38

choctaw

Question 39

Responsible for baton rouge name

Answer 39

houma

Question 40

Live on reservation near marksville LA

Answer 40

tunica biloxi

Question 41

Live on reservation in St. Mary parish

Answer 41

chitimatcha

Question 42

Lived in clans, settled on reservation near kinder, La

Answer 42

choushatta

Question 43

Throwing sticks with weights

Answer 43

atlatl

Question 44

Group of people who share a common ancestry, language and lifestyle

Answer 44

tribe

Question 45

Peace pipe

Answer 45

calumet

Question 46

What is the name of a large indian mound site found in northeast louisiana

Answer 46

Poverty point

Question 47

The caddo indians sold their land to the US as a result of what treaty of 1835

Answer 47

caddo

Question 48

What was the biggest danger faced by the indians when the europeans arrived

Answer 48

disease

Question 49

Gave Louisiana its name

Answer 49

lassalle

Question 50

Sent by Louis XIV to start a colony near the mouth of the MS

Answer 50

iberville

Question 51

Father of LA

Answer 51

Bienville

Question 52

1st proprietor of LA

Answer 52

crozat

Question 53

1st governor of LA colony

Answer 53

cadillac

Question 54

Built a fort near present day Natchitoches

Answer 54

Louis st denis

Question 55

Created the company of the west

Answer 55

john law

Question 56

Meaning of LA

Answer 56

land of louis

Question 57

Court system set up under proprietorship

Answer 57

superior council

Question 58

Oldest permanent settlement in LA purchase

Answer 58

natchitoches

Question 59

Collapse of the company of the west

Answer 59

ms bubble

Question 60

Laws that governed the conduct and treatment of slaves

Answer 60

code noir

Question 61

Surprise attack on fort Rosalie

Answer 61

natchez massacre

Question 62

Group of nuns who came to colonial LA

Answer 62

ursuline

Question 63

Why did France give Louisiana to Spain

Answer 63

To keep the british from getting it

Question 64

Treaty that gave LA to spain

Answer 64

fonatinbleau

Question 65

Governing body of LA while it was a spanish colony

Answer 65

cabildo

Question 66

Uprising against the king of france

Answer 66

french revolution

Question 67

Treaty that ended american revolution

Answer 67

paris

Question 68

First capital of spanish LA

Answer 68

nola

Question 69

Destroyed 856 of 1100 structures in Nola

Answer 69

great nola fire

Question 70

Followed Galvez as a governor

Answer 70

esteban miro

Question 71

Transferred LA back to france

Answer 71

illdefonso

Question 72

Americans gained free navigation of the MS river

Answer 72

pickneys

Question 73

1st Spanish governor

Answer 73

ulloa

Question 74

Put down the rebellion in LA and asserted spanish law

Answer 74

oreilley

Question 75

Fought the british during the american revolution

Answer 75

galvez

Question 76

King of spain

Answer 76

carlos III

Question 77

Group sent to LA as soldiers and loyal spaniards

Answer 77

Islnos

Question 78

Route from San Antonio used to drive cattle to Nola

Answer 78

Camino real

Question 79

New Spain

Answer 79

new iberia

Question 80

Who was the leader of france when spain gave LA back to France

Answer 80

napoleon