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LA Communities
People and the Environment
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A place where people live, work, and have fun | community |
| an urban community | Lake Charles |
| a community that is not a city(large buildings; large populations | urban community |
| community in the countryside, where towns are small and far apart | rural community |
| is from Louisiana. She is an author of books for young readers | Kimberly Willis Holt |
| a community that is located near a large city. Suburbs often surround large cities | suburban community |
| to place things that have similar features together in groups | classify |
| the largest city in Louisiana. In 2006 it had a population of 250,000 | Baton Rouge |
| is the suburb outside of Baton Rouge | Baker |
| made up of all the things that surround us, such as land, water, air, and trees | environment |
| a wall built across a river to hold back the water | dam |
| means to change the way you do something | adapt |
| adapted to the environment by weaving baskets from plants grown in the environment called river cane | Rose Fisher-Blassingame |
| a high bank or wall, built along the sides of a river to keep it from overflowing | levee |
| in the 1830s he changed the environment of Louisiana. He helped clean the Red River of floating trees. | Henry Miller Shreve |
| in 1839 they began building the city of | Shreveport on the Red River |
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