1. Chapter 6 French Louisiana To play the game, go to the next slide and click on a point value to go to a question. To go to final Wrap-Up click on Final Wrap-Up at the bottom of the main screen.

2. Exploration of Louisiana Settlement of Louisiana New Orleans Louisiana Colonists Vocabulary Colonial Louisiana

3. Team 1Team 2Team 3Team 4 Team 5 Wager board

4. Why did the Spanish lack interest in the lands explored by De Soto?

5. his men reported there was no gold or silver score board

6. What was La Salle hoping to find when he first explored Louisiana?

7. A trade route from Canada to Asia score board

8. What drove the French to try and settle Louisiana after La Salle’s failed attempt?

9. fear the Spanish and English would build permanent settlements on the Mississippi score board

10. What event convinced the French to build a fort on the Mississippi?

11. an English ship was discovered sailing the Mississippi River scoreboard

12. What brothers explored Louisiana and the Mississippi?

13. Iberville and Bienville score board

14. Name the settlement from the clues given: Temporary, 1699, Biloxi Bay, Iberville

15. Ship Island score board

16. Name the settlement from the clues given: 1699, Iberville, Gulf Coast, Secretary of State, 70 soldiers and 12 cannons

17. Fort Maurepas score board

18. Name the settlement from the clues given: 1700, Iberville and Bienville, 44 miles inland on the Mississippi

19. Fort Mississippi score board

20. Name the settlement from the clues given: 1702, Mobile Bay, Last settlement founded by Iberville, named after a king

21. Fort Louis score board

22. Name the settlement from the clues given: 1714, St. Denis, Red River, Natchitoches

23. Fort St. Jean Baptiste score board

24. What system made it illegal to trade with the Spanish?

25. mercantilism score board

26. What were the two most profitable raw materials shipped back to France from Louisiana?

27. Timber and animal pelts score board

28. What two plants did Cadillac encourage colonists to cultivate?

29. tobacco and indigo score board

30. What did John Law develop to take control of the cost associated with Louisiana?

31. joint-stock company score board

32. Why did King Louis XV appoint Bienville as the Governor of Louisiana?

33. Because of Bienville’s knowledge of Louisiana and his expertise in dealing with the natives score board

34. Who founded the city of New Orleans?

35. Bienville score board

36. What event was a setback to the development of New Orleans?

37. a hurricane in 1723 score board

38. What assumption about the planning of New Orleans can be made based on the diagram above?

39. It was laid out on a grid system score board

40. Why is New Orleans nicknamed the Crescent City?

41. New Orleans was built in a bend, or crescent, of the Mississippi River score board

42. Why did the king’s engineers have objections to the plans for New Orleans?

43. It was built in a swamp along a river score board

44. What factor discouraged early settlers from immigrating to Louisiana?

45. high mortality rate score board

46. Children born in the Louisiana colony were considered to be members of which group?

47. Creoles score board

48. What change allowed rice to become the most abundant food in Louisiana?

49. The arrival of Africans score board

50. What specific group of settlers was sent to help start families in Louisiana?

51. Casket Girls score board

52. What was the most controversial group of settlers sent to Louisiana under the direction of John Law?

53. Forcats score board

54. Runners of the woods

55. Coureurs de bois score board

56. The idea that colonies exist to supply raw materials to the mother country

57. mercantilism score board

58. An early form of a corporation where the members bought stock

59. joint-stock company score board

60. The King allows an individual to own the colony in hopes it will make a profit

61. proprietorship score board

62. What does the Commissary-commissioner control in a colony?

63. the economic affairs score board

64. Make your wager on the scoreboard scoreFinal Question

65. The name that was given to the inflated stock prices of the Company of the Indies

66. The Mississippi Bubble score board