Louisiana history

Question 1

what are the ways that south Louisiana contrasts with north Louisiana ?

Answer 1

the north is settled by protestants and south is settled by Catholics

Question 2

what are the five cultural regions of Louisiana?

Answer 2

sportsman paradise, crossroads, cajun country, plantation country, and greater than New Orleans

Question 3

what gives the northernmost cultural region of louisana name?

Answer 3

rolling hills, forests, and outdoor recreations

Question 4

what are the two largest urban centers in the crossroads region?

Answer 4

Alexandria and pineville

Question 5

what is the economic activity that was centered on the prairie?

Answer 5

farming and raising life stock

Question 6

what do life on the marshes and wetlands include?

Answer 6

trapping and fishing

Question 7

what are the profitable crops that provide the wealth to build large plantations?

Answer 7

cotton and sugar

Question 8

what are the 5 cities that are considered part of greater than New Orleans?

Answer 8

Metairie, kenner, covington,slidell, and New Orleans

Question 9

what are the languages that formed the acadian dialect?

Answer 9

French, English, and African languages

Question 10

what is the place where africans shipped off to Americans and later from French colonial Africa and other colonies ?

Answer 10

west coast of Africa

Question 11

what are business activities that were the anglos first settled in New Orleans involved in?

Answer 11

banking and exporting of cotton and sugar

Question 12

what is the original meaning of the term creole?

Answer 12

someone born into the new world

Question 13

what is the place in islenos were they can trace there ancestry?

Answer 13

the Canary Islands

Question 14

what are the gumbo cultures that influenced the ingredients in gumbo?

Answer 14

French, african, and native Americans

Question 15

how did cajun dance parties get the name fair-do-do?

Answer 15

children got sleepy and put a blanket on the ground and went to sleep on the floor.

Question 16

what is the religious observance that begins the day following Mardi Gras?

Answer 16

lent

Question 17

what is the term that refers to human made objects, especially ancient tools and weapons, often buried deep in the ground?

Answer 17

artifacts

Question 18

according to scientists, what did the paleo people cross to get into North America?

Answer 18

crossing a land bridge during ice age

Question 19

what are the types of animals paleo people hunted?

Answer 19

huge animals mainly mammoth

Question 20

what is the definition of a atlatl?

Answer 20

a wooden device with a grove that allowed faster and more accurate spear throwing

Question 21

what are the materials used to construct the bow?

Answer 21

soft wood like hickory

Question 22

what crops were grown by late Neo people?

Answer 22

maize, beans, squash, and pumpkins

Question 23

what are the 2 diseases that killed nearly half of the native American population?

Answer 23

influenza and small pox