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19 Cards in this Set
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What are MS's 3 most important resources? P. 31 |
Soil, forests, and water |
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What are MS's most abundant resources? P. 32 |
Water and Soil |
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What are cisterns? What are their dangers? |
Cisterns are large underground tanks made of brick and stone into which rain water could drain. Cholera occurs when human waste got into water supplies. |
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Just know that MS was named after the great river that forms its western border. The MS River has influence the history of MS more than any other geographic location. |
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In the early times, what was the MS River used for? |
The river was used for transportation and trade. |
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What is tributary? What are the two main tributaries of the MS River. |
Connecting rivers or streams (smaller than River) Yazoo and Big Black River |
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What 2 Rivers join at Greenwood to make the Yazoo River? Yazoo River is the eastern border of what region? |
Tallahatchie and Yalobusha, Loess and Broan Loam Hills |
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From greenwood, the Yazoo River flows what direction and to wear? |
Southwestward into MS river |
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Where is the Big Black River and where does it flow? |
Rises in east central MS and flows south westward into the MS R. few miles south from Vicksburg |
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What used to be MS's chief port and why? |
Vicksburg, the Big Black Ricer was used by Steam boats when the River was the highway |
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What happened when the legislature was looking for a new capital for the state? |
They agreed on a bluff overlooking the pearl River and named it after Andrew Jackson |
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What boundary is formed by Tombigbee River? |
Eastern boundary of Tombigbee Prairie |
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What is the "Singing River"? where did get its nickname? |
Pasacagoula River flows into the MS Sound River makes noise perceived as music |
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Why were large lakes built in the Delta? Who built them? |
They were built by Federal government to control flooding |
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Does the MS Coast actually face the Gulf of Mexico? What does it face? What departed the 2? List all 4 |
It faces the Mississippi Sound where is separated from the Gulf by four islands called Cat island, Ship Island, Horn Island, Petit Bois Island |
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Why is there a thriving seafood industry in the coast? |
Abundance of Sea Life |
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After water and soil, _______ is MS's most abundant resource. |
Forests |
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What was one of the first industries established by the French settlers? |
Collecting and distilling naval stores turpentine pitch, and tar |
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What is the least forested land? What is the most forested land? |
Delta | Piney woods, Red Clay Hills, Northeast highlands |
