Mississippi Studies Chapter 3 The European Period

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In the chapter preview, who was discussed as the leading explorer to the Far East?

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Marco Polo

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Silk is a fabric made out of what?

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An insect

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As Marquette and Joliet discovered the lower Louisiana, they also discovered two important rivers. They are the following: Mississippi and Arkansas

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Mississippi and Arkansas

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When the French landed in Mississippi in 1699, what was the location of that landing?

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Ship Island

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What desires did Europeans have when they came to Mississippi?

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Gold and silver

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A large amount of the settlers in the Natchez District supported which side during the American Revolution?

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Loyalists

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The art of making maps and charts

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Cartography

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Discovered the Mississippi and Arkansas Rivers

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Marquette and Joliet

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Area of land politically controlled by a distant country

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Colonies

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City founded in 1718 in the Louisiana Province

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New Orleans