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1 What is the state capital of Louisiana?

1 Baton Rouge Home

2 What is a slow-moving, marshy body of water that often joins with a river or lake?

2 A Bayou

3 Who are the descendents of early Spanish or French settlers and African slaves?

3 The Creoles

4 What former New Orleans blacksmith lead the pirates who assisted Andrew Jackson in protecting New Orleans?

4 Jean Lafitte

5 Who was the first European to explore what is now Louisiana?

5 Hernando de Soto

6 What music form had its origins in the blues, spirituals, Italian brass-band percussion, and African rhythms?

6 Jazz

7 Louisiana is divided into 64 of these which corresponds to counties in other state.

7 Parishes

8 What name was given to Northerners who came to Louisiana to control affairs behind the scenes during Reconstruction?

8 Carpetbaggers

9 Who is one of the best-known Acadian refugees, she was written about by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and has a statue in St. Martinville?

9 Evangeline