Chapter 5 Lesson 2

____________________ led a group of the first Europeans to reach the Mississippi River and arrive in what is now Louisiana.

• Mrs. Walker

• Kimberly Willis-Holt

• Robert La Salle

• Herando de Soto

____________________ claimed the land for France and called it Louisiana in 1682.

• Herando de Soto

• Robert La Salle

• Mark Twain

• Mrs. Thompson

A _______________ is a place that is ruled by another country.

• Colony
• Poverty Point

• Natchitoches

• Settlement

Louisiana became a colony of France in _______.

• 1969

• 2025

• 1699

• 200000

Many early colonists came to Louisiana from _______ and _______.

• Germany and France
• Alexandria and Pineville

• Mexico and Spain

• New Orleans and Shreveport

_____________ are people who live in a colony.

• Pilgrims

• Colonists
• Native Americans

• Slaves

The early colonists of Louisiana often lived in ________, or small villages built near a wall.

• communities

• apartments

• forts
• neighborhoods

Settlers traded goods with Native Americans and other colonists at _______.

• trading posts
• forts
• plantations
• restaurants

_____________ is the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana.

• New Orleans
• Poverty Point
• Alexandria
• Natchitoches

_________ is a system in which people are owned by other people and forced to work.

• Slavery
• Colonists
• Settlement
• Erosion