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WorksheetsLouisiana Studies
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the capital of Louisiana?
a)
Shreveport
b)
Baton Rouge
c)
New Orleans
d)
Lafayette
2.
Louisiana's largest city is
a)
Baton Rouge
b)
Shreveport
c)
New Orleans
d)
Lafayette
3.
The 2nd largest city in Louisiana is
a)
Baton Rouge
b)
Shreveport
c)
New Orleans
d)
Lafayette
4.
Which of the following rivers is the largest in Louisiana?
a)
Atchafalaya
b)
Mississippi
c)
Ouachita
d)
Red
5.
Which of the following is Louisiana's motto?
a)
In God We Trust
b)
Semper Fidelis
c)
The Pelican State
d)
Union, Justice, and Confidence
6.
State bird of Louisiana
a)
Eagle
b)
Turkey
c)
Brown pelican
d)
Wood duck
7.
State tree of Louisiana
a)
Blue Spruce
b)
Bald Cypress
c)
Pine tree
d)
Live Oak
8.
State flower of Louisiana
a)
Magnolia
b)
Rose
c)
Hibiscus
d)
Carnation
9.
National forest found in Louisiana
a)
Angelina
b)
Bienville
c)
Delta
d)
Kisatchie
10.
Louisiana's oldest city
a)
New Orleans
b)
Natchitoches
c)
Lake Charles
d)
Lafayette
11.
Louisiana's date of statehood
a)
July 4, 1776
b)
September 17, 1787
c)
March 31, 1803
d)
April 30, 1812
12.
Louisiana is the 18th state in the Union.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
Louisiana's climate is
a)
tropical
b)
humid sub-tropical
c)
humid continental
d)
semi-arid
14.
First European explorer to reach Louisiana via the Mississippi River?
a)
Ponce de Leon
b)
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
c)
Hernando de Soto
d)
Heman Cortes
15.
Louisiana is named after
a)
King Louis and his wife Anna
b)
Louis III
c)
Louis XVI
d)
Louis XIV
16.
First European explorer to travel length of Mississippi River and name land for King of France?
a)
Louis Joliet
b)
Robert Cavalier de la Salle
c)
Jacques Cartier
d)
Samuel de Champlain
17.
2 brothers who founded significant parts of Louisiana
a)
Iberville and Bienville
b)
Joliet and Marquette
c)
LaSalle and Tonti
d)
De Soto and St. Denis
18.
Louisiana's highest point of elevation
a)
Mt. McKinley
b)
Mt. Rainier
c)
Mt. Pleasant
d)
Mt. Driskilll
19.
Louisiana's largest lake is
a)
Cross Lake
b)
Toledo Bend
c)
Lake Maurepas
d)
Lake Pontchartrain
20.
Lowest point of elevation in the state of Louisiana?
a)
Morgan City
b)
Thibodaux
c)
New Orleans
d)
Lake Charles
21.
Where did the Acadians migrate from?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Canada
d)
Germany
22.
Farmers from ____________ were helpful with the success of New Orleans.
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Canada
d)
Germany
23.
Many of this ethnic group settled in Tangipahoa Parish to become strawberry farmers.
a)
Germans
b)
Italians
c)
Creoles
d)
Acadians
24.
People of French, Spanish, African and Native American descent are often referred to as ___________ in Louisiana.
a)
Cajun
b)
Creole
c)
Haitian
d)
French
25.
Code Noir was
a)
name of rules of slavery in Louisiana colony
b)
a particular group of people
c)
rules that governed how slave owners were to act
d)
a list of cultural expectations for Louisiana
26.
One of the earliest and most important Native American settlements in Louisiana was
a)
Ouachita
b)
Natchitoches
c)
Poverty Point
d)
Kisatchie Park
27.
This Native American group was a confederation of tribes whose land was in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
a)
Caddo
b)
Natchez
c)
Houma
d)
Chitimacha
28.
Native American traders that settled along Red River in Avoyelles Parish (now own casinos there)
a)
Natchez
b)
Houma
c)
Coushatta
d)
Tunica
29.
Which Native American group was rumored to be cannibals?
a)
Coushatta
b)
Tunica
c)
Atakapa
d)
Chitimacha
30.
Spain was the first to colonize Louisiana.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
_____________ took control of Louisiana in 1762.
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Spain
d)
United States
32.
Which war prompted the change of ownership of the Louisiana colony?
a)
Spanish American War
b)
French and Indian War
c)
American Revolution
d)
French Revolution
33.
Most responsible for establishment of Louisiana colony?
a)
Pierre le Moyne, d'Iberville
b)
Jean Baptiste le Moyne, de Bienville
c)
Antoine de Lemothe, de Cadillac
d)
Etienne de Perier
34.
Who was in control of France when the Louisiana Purchase took place?
a)
Louis XIV
b)
Napoleon
c)
Robespierre
d)
George III
35.
US president during Louisiana Purchase
a)
Washington
b)
Adams
c)
Jefferson
d)
Madison
36.
Explorers of Louisiana Purchase
a)
Joliet and Marquette
b)
La Salle and de Soto
c)
Lewis and Martin
d)
Lewis and Clark
37.
Assisted Louisiana Purchase explorers
a)
Sacagawea
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Squanto
d)
Siting Bull
38.
Which Spanish governor put down a colonist rebellion?
a)
Ulloa
b)
O'Reilly
c)
Unzaga
d)
Galvez
39.
1st American governor of Louisiana
a)
Claiborne
b)
Thibodaux
c)
Pinchback
d)
Nicholls
40.
African American governor of Louisiana
a)
Pleasant
b)
Nicholls
c)
Pinchback
d)
Jones
41.
Air base in north Louisiana
a)
Barksdale
b)
Beauregard
c)
Polk
d)
Jackson
42.
Spanish Louisiana governing body and council
a)
Capitol
b)
Legislature
c)
Cabildo
d)
White House
43.
Last battle of War of 1812
a)
Battle of New Orleans
b)
Siege of Vicksburg
c)
Battle of Mansfield
d)
Battle of Baton Rouge
44.
General of US forces in Battle of New Orleans
a)
Monroe
b)
Polk
c)
Jackson
d)
Taylor
45.
"Pirate" who assisted US in Battle of New Orleans
a)
Blackbeard
b)
Farragut
c)
John Paul Jones
d)
Jean Lafitte
46.
What governor was responsible for free textbooks, the Capitol, and paved roads?
a)
Wllm. C.C. Claiborne
b)
Huey P. Long
c)
Earl K. Long
d)
Jimmie Davis
47.
Cleared the "Great Raft"
a)
Polk
b)
Lafitte
c)
Davis
d)
Shreve
48.
Louisiana's "singing governor"
a)
Huey Long
b)
Jimmie Davis
c)
Earl Long
d)
Edwin Edwards
49.
Army base located in western Louisiana
a)
Barksdale
b)
Beauregard
c)
Polk
d)
Jackson
50.
Louisiana's largest port
a)
New Orleans
b)
Shreveport
c)
Baton Rouge
d)
Alexandria
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