The first Europeans to explore parts of the South Central region.
Who are the Spanish?
100
The natural resource which Louisiana is the leading producer.
What are shrimp and oysters?
100
The two major FUEL resources in the South Central States.
What are oil and natural gas?
200
Little Rock
What is Arkansas?
200
The industry that builds and tests equipment for air and space travel.
What is aerospace?
200
The first south central state to gain statehood.
What is Louisiana?
200
The plot of land the U.S. purchased from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
200
A slow-moving body of water.
What is a bayou?
300
Oklahoma
What is Oklahoma City?
300
Another word for oil.
What is petroleum?
300
The reason so many settlers moved to Texas in the early 1800s.
What is the government was offering free land?
300
The effect of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is it doubled the size of the U.S.?
300
A factory that turns crude oil into useful products.
What is a refinery?
400
Louisiana
What is Baton Rouge?
400
An economy based on many kinds of industry.
What is a diverse economy?
400
The holiday celebrated as a result of Cajun and Creole influences.
What is Mardi Gras?
400
The reason the Trail of Tears was given its name.
What is it was a path/trail that Native Americans walked upon during their relocation and while on that path many endured hardships, died or became ill making people very sad?
400
To dig out the bottom and sides of a waterway to make it deeper and wider.
What is dredge?
500
All four South Central States.
What are Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana?
500
A narrow strip of water leading into the land from a larger body of water.
What is an inlet?
500
The present day state where the Trail of Tears ended.
What is Oklahoma?
500
The states in which the Trail of Tears crosses.
What are Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, and Okalahoma?
500
Oil pumped out of the ground before it is refined.