Unit 3: Louisiana Study Guide

Europeans wanted to explore for the following:

• Find a new trade route to Asia, Spread christianity, and find gold & valuables.

• New world

• Fishing

• Houses

First explorer to find Mississippi river:

• Allen Ridge

• Hernando Desoto

• Lasalle

• Carr

First explorer to find the mouth of the Mississippi river

• Robert de Lasalle

• Bienville

• French

• Carr

First explorer to find Fort Maurepas

• D'Iberville

• Lawson

• George

• Franklin

First explorer to find New Orleans

• Clark

• Anie

• Jean Baptiste D'Bienville

• Rivers

Who was interested in the fur trade?

• Spanish

• French

• Native Americans

• Pilgrims

Who claimed the area that is known as Louisiana because they wanted to use the Mississippi river for trade.

• Spanish

• Pilgrims

• Native Americans

• French

Who was Louisiana named after?

• Albert Einstein

• King Louis XIV of France

• Abraham Lincoln

• Mrs. Carr

What has changed over the years for Louisiana?

• It's shape

• It's Size

• It's color

• It's name

Why was the Mississippi river valuable?

• It was big

• They could swim in it

• It was used to trade resources that were found.

• It was dangerous