Chapter 3: The European Period

What attracted English settlers to the Spanish Natchez District?

• liberal land grants

• no slavery allowed

• low tariffs

• safety from the Indians

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

• Marco Polo

• Christopher Columbus

• De Soto

• LaSalle

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

• Rebels

• Loyalists

• Indians

• Slaves

What is silk?

• a fabric made out of soybeans

• a fabric made out of cotton

• a fabric made out of an insect

• a fabric made out of corn

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

• Missouri and Tombigbee

• Arkansas and Colorado

• Mississippi and Arkansas

• Mississippi and Ohio

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

• Ship Island

• Horn Island

• Deer Island

• Cat Island

The art of making maps and charts is

• geography

• cartography

• topography

• geology

They explored the Mississippi River and tributaries in 1673

• Marquette and Joliet

• Lewis and Clark

• Bienville and Iberville

• de Soto and Coronado

This city was established in 1718

• Natchez

• Mobile

• New Orleans

• Biloxi

He discovered the modern day lands of Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi

• de Soto

• La Salle

• Bienville

• Iberville