Social Studies 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 NOLA

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

LA’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 LA by the French and Spanish

Answer 10

Roman Catholic

Question 11

Jazz Funeral in NOLA

Answer 11

Second Line

Question 12

Originally held to celebrate a successful harvest

Answer 12

Festivals

Question 13

List 5 Ethnic Groups in LA

Answer 13

Germans, Italians, Anglos, Creoles, and Native Americans

Question 14

Provided Federal Assistance to hep restore LA wetlands

Answer 14

Breaux 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 exist

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 LA

Answer 20

Atchafalaya

Question 21

Bodies of water that were once part of a river, but have been cut off

Answer 21

Oxbow

Question 22

Biggest influence on LA weather

Answer 22

Gulf Of Mexico

Question 23

Wet treeless prairie covered with water

Answer 23

Marsh

Question 24

Folded Underground rock formations found in the marsh

Answer 24

Salt Dome

Question 25

Severe Tropical windstorm

Answer 25

Hurricane

Question 26

Protects the wetlands from Ocean Waves

Answer 26

Barrier Islands

Question 27

- Areas covered by water at east part of the year

Answer 27

Wetlands

Question 28

Reservoir built in 1967 forming border with LA and Texas

Answer 28

Toledo Bend

Question 29

Formed the terrain of this state

Answer 29

Mississippi River

Question 30

Area of level land along a river likely to flood

Answer 30

Floodplain

Question 31

Flat table top region similar to the Midwest

Answer 31

Prairies

Question 32

Highest elevation in LA

Answer 32

Mount Driskill

Question 33

Louisiana has lost the amount of land equal to the state of ________

Answer 33

Delaware

Question 34

The Great Flood of _____ led to levee systems along the Mississippi River

Answer 34

1927

Question 35

Louisiana has a _________ climate

Answer 35

Humid Subtropical

Question 36

List Louisiana’s 4 natural borders

Answer 36

Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi River, Sabine River, and Pearl River

Question 37

Atakapa

Answer 37

Flesh Eaters

Question 38

Had a class system

Answer 38

Natchez

Question 39

Sold their land to the US and moved to Oklahoma reservation

Answer 39

Caddo

Question 40

Helped the Americans fight against the British\

Answer 40

Choctaw

Question 41

Responsible for Baton Rouge name

Answer 41

Houma

Question 42

Lived on reservation near Marksville, LA

Answer 42

Tunica Biloxi

Question 43

Live on a reservation in St. Mary parish

Answer 43

Chitimacha

Question 44

Lived in clans, settled near Kinder, LA

Answer 44

Coushatta

Question 45

____________ is the name of a large Indian mound site found in Northeast LA

Answer 45

Poverty Point

Question 46

The Caddo Indians sold their land to the US as a result of the _______ Treaty of 1835.

Answer 46

Caddo

Question 47

________ was the biggest danger faced by the Indians when the Europeans arrive

Answer 47

Illness

Question 48

Gave LA its name

Answer 48

Lasalle

Question 49

Sent by Louis XIV to start colony near mouth of Mississippi

Answer 49

Iberville

Question 50

Designed and mapped out the settlement of NOLA

Answer 50

Bienville

Question 51

First Proprietor of LA

Answer 51

Antoine Crozat

Question 52

First governor of the LA Colony

Answer 52

Antoine Cadillac

Question 53

He built a fort near present day Natchitoches

Answer 53

Louis St. Denis

Question 54

Created the Company of the West

Answer 54

John Law

Question 55

Meaning of LA

Answer 55

Land of Louis

Question 56

Court system set up under proprietorship

Answer 56

Superior Council

Question 57

Oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana Purchase

Answer 57

Natchitoches

Question 58

Collapse of the Company of the West

Answer 58

Mississippi Bubble

Question 59

Laws that governed the conduct and treatment of slaves

Answer 59

Code Noir

Question 60

Surprise attack on Fort Rosalie

Answer 60

Natchez Massacre

Question 61

Group of nuns who came to colonial LA

Answer 61

Ursuline

Question 62

Why did France give LA to Spain?

Answer 62

France gave La to Spain because the French didn't want it to be given to Britain if they lost to French-Indian War.

Question 63

Treaty gave LA to Spain

Answer 63

Treaty of Fontainebleau

Question 64

Governing body of LA while it was a Spanish colony

Answer 64

Cabildo

Question 65

Uprising against the King of France

Answer 65

French Revolution

Question 66

Treaty that ended the American Revolution

Answer 66

Treaty of Paris

Question 67

First Capital of Spanish LA

Answer 67

NOLA

Question 68

Destroyed 856 of 1100 structures in New Orleans

Answer 68

Great New Orleans Fire

Question 69

Followed Galvez as a governor

Answer 69

Esteban Miro

Question 70

Transferred LA back to France

Answer 70

Treaty of San Ildefonso

Question 71

Americans gained free navigation of the Mississippi River

Answer 71

Pinckney's Treaty

Question 72

First Spanish governor

Answer 72

Ulloa

Question 73

Put down the Rebellion in LA and asserted Spanish Law

Answer 73

O'Reilly

Question 74

Fought the British during the American Revolution

Answer 74

Bernardo Galvez

Question 75

King of Spain

Answer 75

Carlos III

Question 76

Group sent to LA as soldiers and loyal spaniards

Answer 76

Islenos

Question 77

Route from San Antonio used to drive cattle to NOLA

Answer 77

Camino Real

Question 78

New Spain

Answer 78

New Iberia

Question 79

________ was the leader of France when Spain gave LA back to France

Answer 79

Napoleon