CATEGORY 1
If you were to ask a person for a precise location, what type of geographical term would they use?
absolute location
Which region has the least fertile soil in Mississippi?
Flatwoods
Aquaculture refers to
catfish farming
What attracted English settlers to the Spanish Natchez District?
liberal land grants
Which road connected the Mississippi River to Nashville?
Natchez Trace
The Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg was created because of what natural disaster in Mississippi?
Great Flood of 1927
Which region has the Free State of Jones located in it?
Piney Woods
In the chapter preview, who was discussed as the leading explorer to the Far East?
Marco Polo
A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?
Loyalists
The current capital of Mississippi is
Jackson
The disaster has been considered the worst natural disaster in America's history.
Hurricane Katrina
Which region extends from the stateline of Tennessee to the stateline of Louisiana?
Loess Bluffs
What is silk?
a fabric made out of an insect
The Mississippi Territory was divided into which two states?
Mississippi and Alabama
California became a state because of the discovery of
gold
Which region has the highest point in Mississippi?
Tombigbee Region
Which region is viewed as the most fertile soil in Mississippi?
Delta
As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following:
Mississippi and Arkansas
In what year did Mississippi become a state?
1817
The leader of the Union forces during the John Brown Raid was
Robert E. Lee
Which region has a deep history with the Chickasaw Indians?
Pontotoc Ridge
Which industry did the Coastal Meadows region gain after the second World War?
shipbuilding
When the French landed in Mississippi in 1699, what was the location of that landing?
Ship Island
The first capital of Mississippi was
Washington
Eli Whitney's biggest contribution to the American economy was
interchangeable parts