The European Period

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

• Mississippi and Arkansas

• Arkansas and Colorado

• Mississippi and Ohio

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

• Jackson

• Ship Island

• Natchez

• Vicksburg

What attracted English settlers to the Spanish Natchez District?

• liberal land grants

• no slavery

• low tariffs

• safety from the Indians

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

• Rebels

• Indians

• Loyalists

• Slaves

_______ is the art of making maps and charts.

• Cartography

• Expeditions

• Colony

• Confluence

______ is credited to have discovered the Mississippi River.

• Christopher Columbus

• Iberville

• Marquette and Joliet

• Hernando de Soto

The city of ______ was discovered in 1718.

• Port O'Connor

• Long Beach

• New Orleans

• Baton Rouge

This man created a school for seaman and explorers in Portugal.

• Hernando de Soto

• Prince Henry the Navigator

• LaSalle

• D'Iberville

This person discovered the modern day lands of Arkansas, Georgia, and Mississippi.

• Hernando de Soto

• LaSalle

• Jason Willing

• Kenneth Blackstone