Geographical 101
Rock formations where groundwater accumulates
Aquifer
How we are connected to regions, cultures, and people beyond our immediate environment.
Movement
Water that fills in underground cracks and spaces.
Groundwater
A large group that shared some common ancestry.
Clan
Date MS became a state
December 10, 1817
MS cash crop
Cotton
Long-term average weather conditions.
Climate
This can be absolute or relative
Location
Severe storm that develops in water/oceans.
Hurricane
Married outside of the clan.
Exogamy
The first elected governor of the state of MS.
David Holmes
Did the slave population increase or decrease with the invention of the Cotton Gin?
Increase
This describes the day-to-day conditions
Weather
Determined by physical or cultural characteristics
Place
Measures East and West of the Prime Meridian.
Longitude
Married to several women.
Polygyny
Document that determined how a territory would become a state
Northwest Ordinance
True or False: Early MS settlers were farmers and merchants.
True
The cycle through which water moves between Earth and the atmosphere.
Hydrologic cycle
A satellite-based system that determines precise location.
GPS
Measures North and South of the equator
Latitude
The 3 largest Native American tribes that existed in the area that would become Mississippi.
Natchez, Choctaw, and Chickasaw
Who won the French and Indian War?
England (Great Britain)
Settlers were attracted to nearby markets located in ____ and ____.
Natchez and New Orleans
Water found above the surface.
Surface water
How individuals use, adapt to, or interact with the environment.
Human-Environment Interaction.
A funnel-shaped cloud that forms when warm moist air meets colder air.
Tornado
Searched for gold and silver and discovered the MS River.
Hernando de Soto (HDS)
The French and Indian war ended with the signing of this document____________.
Treaty of Paris 1763.
True or False: Did the MS Constitution of 1832 extend more gun rights to free, white men?
False: more voting rights