This river begins in New Mexico
Red River
This river gets its name from the Choctaw Word meaning long river
Atchafalaya
This river forms the boundary between Louisiana and Texas
Sabine River
This river begins in Arkansas mountains
Ouachita river
This river is sometimes called the Nile of America
Mississippi river
The soil in this region is Alluvial
Mississippi Floodplain
Made up of sediment carried by the river and deposited along banks
Hills
the salt domes in this region are mineral treasure chests
Marsh
this region is basically wet, treeless prairie
marsh
this region contains fertile, red soil
red river valley
this region contains the old Mississippi floodplains
terraces
early settlers called part of this region the Piney Woods
terraces
This person identified five natural regions in Louisiana in 1874
anthropolgists
these regions are
Mississippi floodplain, Red River region, Terraces region, Marsh region and Hill region
This cultural region has rolling Hills, forests, and numerous lake that provide opportunities for outdoor reaction, especially hunting
sportsmans paradise
This cultural region is divided into prairie and wetland. The first people to settle here were the Acadians
cajun country
This cultural region get its name from the way it serves as a crossword between the northern and southern portions of the state
crossroads
This cultural region has a mix of Spanish, American, French, German, Italian, Irish, African, and Haitian
Greater New Orleans
This cultural regions urban center is Baton Rouge, and the beliefs here are predominantly Protestant
Plantation country
Tangle items such as food clothing cars and houses
goods
Work or activities people perform for a fee
services
A person who satisfied a need or want by buying a good or service
consumer
A person who uses resources to make goods or provide services
producer
Come from the earth or nature and are useful to humans like water, trees and precious metals
Natural Resources
Describes the person who produces goods or services
Human Resources
The tools in the production of goods and services like machinery and factories
Capital resources
This exists when people in societies try to satisfy unlimited wants with limited wants
Scarcity
This is the value of your second choice or the thing you decide not to acquire
Opportunity cost
The quantity of a good or service available for sale
supply
The quantity of a good or service consumers are willing to buy
demand
This economy relies heavily on agriculture and bartering and decisions are made based on long held beliefs or habit
Traditional
In this economy the government directs this economic system and tries to control it
Command
In this economy decisions are made by individuals
Market
Originally used by the French, this was the idea that colonies existed to contribute to the wealth and power of the mother nation
Mercantilism
_______ and _______As the production of these two crops became more profitable, Louisiana change from a traditional economy to a market economy
Sugarcane and cotton
The discovery of this in 1901 created new job opportunities and brought new kinds of businesses to Louisiana
Oil
____ and ____ These were the two largest food crops in Louisiana in 2012
Soy beans and corn
A collection of civil laws from France that influence Louisiana's civil can adopted in 1808
Napoleon code
The division of power between the federal and state governments
Federalism
The first 10 amendments to the US Constitution
Bill of Rights
How many constitutions has Louisiana had in it's history
10
The state's present constitution went into effect in what year?
1974
Ancient garbage dumps where archaeologists Find artifacts in large numbers
middens
Method used to determine the age of prehistoric artifacts
Radiocarbon dating
First people to live in Louisiana lived during this era
Paleo era
Paleo people were called us because they moved a lot to follow their food
Nomadic
The meso people developed this spear-throwing Device that was a characteristic of their era
Atlatl
Mesa people also began building artificial hills ____ One example of this is poverty point
Mounds
This era began around 2000 BC they made pottery and created a bow and arrow
Early neo
this era began around 800 A.D. and during this time they had larger villages and temples on mound. They also switched from gathering to agriculture
Late Neo
developed by the late near people which involved planting 2 or more crops with different harvest times in the same plot of land
Intercropping
Spanish explorer who came from Cuba and began exploring the south looking for gold
Hernado de Soto
___ and ____ are two diseases the Spanish brought to Louisiana that killed nearly half of the Native American population
Smallpox and inkluenza
When the French arrived they encountered seven major tribes. what are they?
Atakapa, natchez, Caddo, Tunica- Biloxi, Choctaw, chitimacha, Houma
This Native American group intermarried with the Acadians and for the first time in Louisiana to be recognized as a sovereign Indian nation
Chitimatcha
The name of the common language the tribes spoke when trading
Mobilian
French explorer who claimed Louisiana for France and encountered the Houma Indians on his journey the Mississippi River
Sieure de la salle
He established New Orleans in 1718 and was the second French governor in 1732
Bienville
The name for a child born in the French Louisiana colony
Creole
Brother of Bienville and founded A camp near the Mississippi River named point Mardi Gras
Iberville
First French governor of Louisiana under crozat
Sierra de Cadillac
A French businessman who was the first proprietor of Louisiana
Antoine crozat
French term for indentured servants
Engages
I set of laws governing the conduct of the slaves during the French colonial period
Code noir
This was caused by the French attempts to order Native Americans off their land so they could turn their land into tobacco plantations
Natchez uprising
young, marriageable girls sent from France to Louisiana in 1728, each with a small trunk filled with clothing and goods needed to establish a household
Casket girls