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4. 1 What is the state capital of Louisiana?

5. 1 Baton Rouge Home

6. 2 What is a slow-moving, marshy body of water that often joins with a river or lake?

7. 2 A Bayou

8. 3 Who are the descendents of early Spanish or French settlers and African slaves?

9. 3 The Creoles

10. 4 What former New Orleans blacksmith lead the pirates who assisted Andrew Jackson in protecting New Orleans?

11. 4 Jean Lafitte

12. 5 Who was the first European to explore what is now Louisiana?

13. 5 Hernando de Soto

14. 6 What music form had its origins in the blues, spirituals, Italian brass-band percussion, and African rhythms?

15. 6 Jazz

16. 7 Louisiana is divided into 64 of these which corresponds to counties in other state.

17. 7 Parishes

18. 8 What name was given to Northerners who came to Louisiana to control affairs behind the scenes during Reconstruction?

19. 8 Carpetbaggers

20. 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?

21. 9 Evangeline