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78 Cards in this Set
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The symbol that flies over government building is the state ________.
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flag
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The symbol that makes documents official if the state _______.
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seal
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The state bird that flies in the skies is the Eastern brown __________.
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pelican
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The state tree with roots that run deep is the _______.
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bald cypress
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The state fish is the ______.
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white perch
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The state flower that brings beauty is the ________.
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magnolia
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The official ______ is the state of Louisiana.
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name
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Louisiana became an official member of the United States on _________.
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April 30, 1812
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Louisiana was named in honor of King _______ of France.
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Louis XIV
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Louisiana joined the nation in this order: ______.
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18th
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In order to join the nation, states have to ratify this: ________.
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constitution
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Louisiana's official _______ is the Pelican State.
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nickname
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The city where official business takes place in a state is called the _________.
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capital
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The building where a state's official business takes place is called the _________.
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capitol
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The state capital of Louisiana is ___________.
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Baton Rouge
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Baton Rouge became the state capital in _______.
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1849
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The _________ caused Louisiana's capital to move from Baton Rouge to Opelousas and Shreveport before returning to Baton Rouge.
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Cival War
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At 34 stories, the Louisiana state capitol is one of the _______ public buildings in the country.
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tallest
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Louisiana has ______ branches of government.
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three
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The legislative branch is composed of the ______ and the House of Representatives.
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Senate
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The branch of government responsible for creating laws is the _______.
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legislative
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The head of the executive branch is the _________.
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governor
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The state Supreme Court is the highest level of the ______.
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judicial
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The executive branch is responsible for ________ laws.
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enforcing
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Louisiana's main border to the south is _________.
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Gulf of Mexico
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The state that lies to Louisiana's _______ is Mississippi.
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east
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The river forms part of Louisiana eastern border:
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Mississippi
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Louisiana's neighbor to the north is ________.
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Arkansas
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The state of Texas is on Louisiana's ____ border.
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western
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The Sabine River forms most of Louisiana's border with _______.
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Texas
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Driskill Mountain is the ______ spot in Louisiana.
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highest
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Driskill Mountain is 535 ____ (163 _____) high.
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feet, meters
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Near New Orleans is Louisiana's _______ point. It's 5 feet (1.5 meters) below sea level!
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lowest
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Louisiana's highest point is not that high compared to some states, but it is higher than any point in Delaware or _________.
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Florida
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All of Louisiana lies with the region called the Gulf ______ Plain.
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Coastal
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Topography is detailed _____ of land formations in an area.
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mapping
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Louisiana has 64 ______.
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parishes
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The city in each parish where the major government offices, such as the courthouse, are located is called the parish ________.
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seat
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The _______of Louisiana is located in East Baton Rouge Parish.
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capital
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Louisiana changed its local government divisions from counties to parishes in 1845 as a holdover to the state's days as a ________ colony.
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Spanish
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Plaquemines is the ________ in Louisiana.
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easternmost
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Calcasieu Lake divides _______ Parish.
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Cameron
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Natural resources are things that exist or are formed by _________.
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nature
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_________ make up about 15 million acres of Louisiana.
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Forests
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States often use their natural resources in _______.
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manufacturing
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Louisiana's deep-water ________ in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and South Louisiana are an important natural resource.
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ports
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Petroleum, natural gas, and crude oil are important _______ mined in Louisiana.
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fuels
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Louisiana leads the nation in the production of _______.
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salt
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The _________ in Louisiana is usually mild and humid. Summers can be "muggy" and winters are generally cool.
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climate
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Louisiana's location near the ________ affects its weather greatly.
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coast
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July is the ________ month in Louisiana, with thunderstorms frequently occurring.
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wettest
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The _______ temperature ever recorded in Louisiana was 114 degrees F (46 degrees C) at Plain Dealing in 1936.
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hottest
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The _______ temperature ever recorded in Louisiana was
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coldest
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Hurricane and _______ storms sometimes strike Louisiana's coast, usually between July and September.
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tropical
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A _________ is a body of water stored for public use.
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reservoir
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The _____ river in the state is the Mississippi River.
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longest
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Lake Pontchartrain is Louisiana's largest _____ lake.
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natural
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Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish lake, which means its water is partly ________.
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saltwater
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To prevent flooding, many of Louisiana's rivers have _______, which are walls to help control raging water.
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levees
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Louisiana also has many _________, which are small, slow-moving inlets or outlests of a river, lake or sea.
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bayous
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I-12, I-55, and I-20 are major _______ highways.
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interstate
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Transportation was changed drastically when the first _________ arrived in New Orleans in 1812.
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steamboat
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Louisiana has two international _________ -one in New Orleans and one in Alexandria.
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airports
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More than 4,000 miles of ______ tracks cut acroos Louisiana.
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railroad
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The Old Spanish _______ begins in Houma and ends in Breaux Bridge.
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Trail
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Pontchartrain Causeway is the longest ______ in the world.
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bridge
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Hernando De Soto was the first _____ to see the Mississippi River. He saw it in 1541.
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European
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Louisiana was first claimed as a French _______ in 1682.
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territory
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Louisiana became a territory of the United States in 1803 as part of the Louisiana _______.
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Purchase
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Louisiana became a state in ________.
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1812
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In 1901, _________ was discovered near Jennings.
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oil
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The World Exposition was held in _________ in 1984.
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New Orleans
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The first American came to Louisiana across a frozen _________ of land from Asia down to what is now the United States.
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bridge
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The earliest people in Louisiana were _______ hunters who set up temporary camps across the land.
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nomatic
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Native Americans used shells and beads they called ______ as a form of money.
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wampum
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European settlers moved farther into native American lands, often making them sign _____ giving up thier homelands.
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treaties
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Indians in Louisiana sometimes built large earthen hills of dirt called ________ where they buried their dead.
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mounds
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Caddo, Choctaw, Chitimacha, and Atakapa are Indian ________ who lived in Louisiana.
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tribes
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