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Mississippi Studies

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List the natural hazard that affect Mississippi each year. floods, lightning, and hurricanes.
In what part of Mississippi could the New Madrid fault cause an earthquake? Northwest.
The water supply for msot Mississippi towns and cities comes from____________. groundwater.
Where are Mississippi's important ports located? Vicksburg, Greenville, and Natchez.
In the Black Prairie region, cotton has been replaced by_______________.(products) Hay, soybeans, and cattle.
Landform regions located in Southern Mississippi include_______&____________. Pine hills & Coastal Meadows.
Plant growth is decreased in(type of soil) Gray soil
The soil in the Black Prairie is difficult to cultivate because of the ______. clay.
A tool to help geographers understand Earth's ecocsystems is the ______________. GIS(geographic information system)
Eplain why the Mississippians built their villiages near streams? The waterways provided areas with fertile soil.
Clans within each Native American village have the power to ______________. Punish criminals, seek revenge, and approve marriages.
The religious beliefs on the southeastern Indians focused on fire, which represented the ___. sun.
Which French explorers visited Mississippi? Tonti Calivier, La selle, Membre.
True or False: The original name for Natchez was Fort St. Pierre. FALSE.
The political system of the early eighteenth century was not characterized by the ___________________________. voting rights for women.
At the end of the American Revolution, the only two Indian nations in Mississippi were the Choctaw & _______. Chickasaw.
List the men who experimented with ways to make growing cotton more productive. Rush Nutt, Martin Phillips, and Henry Vick.
The most important parts of a slave's diet were ____&___. Pork and Corn.
List the reasons for the decline of free blacks in Mississippi after 1840. Mississippi law required free slaves to leave the state. Slave owners didn't want to provide funds for thems to the state and gov. feared slaves would revolt.
Mississippians who bought land with bank notes that were issued during the early 1830's had problems becuase the notes were ___________. worth less than face value.
The value of paper money is determined by ______... The gold silver that backs it up.
John C. Calhoun supported __________. Nullification, slaves rights, and slavery.
Practice of allowing the people who lived in an area to decide whether or not to allow slavery is known as.... Popular sovereignty.
Explain why the Kansas-Nebraska act revived the slavery controversy. Kansas was suppose to be a free state according to Missourri Compromise.
Who propose the ordinance of secession at the Mississippi convention? Lucius Lamar.
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