Mississippi Exploration and Territories Quiz

_____ an area of land under the jurisdiction of a ruler or a state.

• Territory

• Domain

• State

• Kingdom

Spanish explorer who discovered the Mississippi River.

• Christopher Columbus

• Jaques Marquette

• Hernando de Soto

• Louis Jolliet

French explorer best known for leading an expedition down the Mississippi River and claiming the area for France.

• Jacques Cartier

• Robert La Salle

• Samuel de Champlain

• Hernán Cortés

French explorer who discovered the mouth of the Mississippi River and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (town named after him).

• Pierre d'lberville

• René-Robert Cavelier

• Jacques Cartier

• Samuel de Champlain

French missionary and explorer who is best known as the first European to see and map the northern portion of the Mississippi River.

• Jules Dumont d'Urville

• Giovanni da Verrazzano

• Jeanne Baret

• Jacques Marquette

French explorer who discovered the upper part of the Mississippi River (along with Marquette).

• Charles Nouette

• Louis Jolliet

• Samuel de Champlain

• René-Robert Cavelier

The third largest Indian nation in the United States, their ancestral homeland spanned from most of central and southern Mississippi into parts of eastern Louisiana and western Alabama.

• Cherokee

• Navajo

• Choctaw

• Sioux

A group of Indians who settled in the woods of northwest Mississippi, and along the Natchez Trace.

• Choctaw

• Natchez

• Cherokee

• Chickasaw

_____ was one of the oldest and busiest towns. It grew because people traded goods on the Mississippi River.

• New Orleans

• Natchez

• St. Louis

• Cahokia

_____ became the capital of the Mississippi Territory for a time and was known for government meetings.

• Vicksburg

• Natchez

• Washington

• Columbia