Which state was the site of the Battle of the Alamo?
Correct answer(s):
- Texas
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Geography
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What Southern state was the last to rejoin the Union after the Civil War?
Correct answer(s):
- Georgia
What is the capital of South Carolina?
Correct answer(s):
- Columbia
Where is the historic Jamestown settlement located?
Correct answer(s):
- Virginia
Which city is home to the historic French Quarter?
Correct answer(s):
- New Orleans
Which Southern city was burned during Sherman’s March to the Sea?
Correct answer(s):
- Atlanta
Which Southern city is known as “Music City”?
Correct answer(s):
- Nashville
Which Southern state is a leader in peanut production?
Correct answer(s):
- Georgia
What is the main agricultural product of Florida?
Correct answer(s):
- Citrus fruits
Which state has a major timber industry in the South?
Correct answer(s):
- Mississippi
How many gallons of water per second does the Mississippi River discharge into the Gulf of Mexico on average?
Correct answer(s):
- 593,000
What is a delta?
Correct answer(s):
- The mouth of a river where sediment deposits build up
Which explorer mapped parts of the Mississippi River for France?
Correct answer(s):
- Jacques Marquette
What natural feature forms at the mouth of the Mississippi River due to sediment deposits?
Correct answer(s):
- Delta
The Mississippi River basin provides irrigation for approximately what percentage of U.S. farmland?
Correct answer(s):
- 40%
Which U.S. state has the least land area within the Mississippi River basin?
Correct answer(s):
- Wyoming
Which state has the most miles of the Mississippi River running through it?
Correct answer(s):
- Minnesota
Which of these rivers is NOT a tributary of the Mississippi River?
Correct answer(s):
- Colorado River
Which explorer is credited with naming the Mississippi River “Rio del Espiritu Santo” in 1541?
Correct answer(s):
- Hernando de Soto
Which large U.S. swamp is directly influenced by the Mississippi River’s ecosystem?
Correct answer(s):
- Atchafalaya Basin