Wisconsin
Wisconsin Continued
Geography Terms
The South
Southern Capitals
100
During pioneer time in Wisconsin, this was the most important farm crop.

What is wheat

100
On May 29, 1848, Wisconsin was admitted to the Union as this numbered state.

What is the thirtieth state. 

100

This is a swampy area in a river or lake where the water is still.

What is a bayou?

100

Name six of the 12 southern states.

What are Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianna, or Arkansas.

100

The capital of Louisiana is this.

What is Bathon Rouge?

200

Allouez founded the first village in Wisconsin called La Bayne, however it didn't last.  Charles de Langlade's settlement then became the first permanent white settlement in Wisconsin in this same location, which is this present-day city name.

What is Green Bay?

200

This Wisconsin Senator felt that communist spies had infiltrated the federal governement.

Who was Senator McCarthy?

200

This is an underwater ecosystem near a shoreline that is made by reef-building corals and is home to many sea creatures.

What is the barrier reef?

200

This national park is part of the Appalachian Mountains which lie along the border between North Carolina and Tennessee.

What is the Great Smoky Mountains?  (also called Smokies.)

200

The capital of Tennessee is this.

What is Nashville?

300

This was one of the most well-known mining towns in Wisconsin.

What is Mineral Point?

300

The first European to come to Wisconsin was French explorer ___________, who sailed across Lake Michigan in 1634.

Who was Jean Nicolet?

300

This is a system in a particular area where certain plants, animals, weather and landscapes work together.

What is an ecosystem?

300

The Mississippi River forms the western border of the state of Mississippi. The area where the Yazoo River empties into the Mississippi River forms this flat wetland area.  

What is the Mississippi Delta?

300

The capital of Florida is this.

What is Tallahasse?

400

The Winnebago War took place in 1827.  The second War was called the Black Hawk War.  This was the name of the last battle of the Black Hawk War. 

What was the Battle of Bad Axe?

400

These two were probably the first white men to explore the upper Mississippi River.  Name one of them.

Who was Marquette or Jolliet?

400

This is a body of land surrounded on three sides by water.  Door County is an example of this.

What is a penninsula?

400

Out of all the high points in all the states in our country, Florida's _________ _______ is the lowest.

What is Britton Hill?

400

The capital of North Carolina is this.

What is Raleigh?

500

In this year, the world's first hydro-electric plant opened in Appleton on the Fox River.  You can visit The Hearthstone today. 

When is 1882?

500

In 1818, a trading post was established by a man named Soloman Juneau.  Juneasu's settlement is now the city of ___________.

What is Milwaukee?

500

A river that flows into another river.  The St. Croix flowing into the Mississippi River is an example of this.

What is a tributary?

500

The body of water called _______ _______________ in southern Louisiana isn't really a lake at all.  It is an estuary, where rivers, streams, and bayous meet water from the Gulf of Mexico.

What is Lake Pontchartrain?

500

The capital of Alabama is this.

What is Montgomery?

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