Geography
The longest river in Mississippi
What is The Mississippi River
This tribe was the largest in Mississippi?
What is the Choctaw
The European country first explored the Mississippi region?
What is France
The state bird of Mississippi?
What is the Mockingbird
The type of music is Mississippi called the “birthplace” of?
What is Blues
The capital city of Mississippi?
What is Jackson
The tribe was known for its warriors and hunting skills?
What is the Chickasaw
The French explorer who established Fort Maurepas near Biloxi?
What is Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
The Mississippi’s state tree?
What is the Magnolia
The famous riverboat author wrote about the Mississippi River?
What is Mark Twain
Kind of landform is the Delta known for?
What is Flat farmland/fertile soil
The tribe built the Grand Village near Natchez?
What is the Natchez
The French build forts near the Mississippi River?
what is for trade and protection
The Mississippi’s state nickname?
What is Magnolia State
The Mississippi city is known as the “Catfish Capital of the World”?
What is Belzoni
Body of water borders Mississippi to the south?
What is the Gulf of Mexico/America
What does “matrilineal” mean in Native culture?
What is family line is traced through the mother
One effect of the Natchez Revolt?
What is increasing conflict between Europeans and Native groups
The state flower of Mississippi?
What is the Magnolia
The famous civil rights leader from Mississippi became NAACP field secretary and was assassinated in 1963?
What is Medgar Evers
Two states border Mississippi to the east?
What is Alabama and Tennessee
The purpose of mounds built by early Mississippian cultures?
What is ceremonial, religious, or burial purposes
The French and Native Americans often trade with each other?
What is furs, crops, and European goods like guns and metal tools
The official state song of Mississippi?
What is Go Mississippi
The world-famous musician, known as the “King of Rock and Roll,” was born in Tupelo, Mississippi?
What is Elvis Presley