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Week 30 Social Studies
By Sabrina Jennings
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Question 1
1.
In what year did Hurricane Katrina hit the United States?
2004
2005
2003
2006
Question 2
2.
How did the state of Mississippi help Florida after Hurricane Katrina?
They sent food.
They sent refugees.
They sent money.
They sent trucks.
Question 3
3.
What natural disaster claimed more than 200 lives in Mississippi in 1927?
The Great Earthquake
The Great Hurricane
The Great Twister
The Great Flood
Question 4
4.
Use this image to answer the following question.
What is this feature that helps to prevent flooding?
Bunker
Park
Levee
Bridge
Question 5
5.
Why is Greenville, Mississippi compared to Athens, Greece?
Many movie stars are from Greenville, Mississippi.
It is the place where Greek scholars met.
More than 70 published authors are from there.
It is an ancient city of learning.
Question 6
6.
Who is AJ Holloway? *
He was a famous poet who wrote about Hurricane Katrina.
He was mayor of Biloxi during Hurricane Katrina.
He was a governor of Mississippi during Hurricane Katrina.
He was the president during Hurricane Katrina.
Question 7
7.
What is one idea to prevent flooding in Mississippi?
Build more bridges
Drain the rivers
Reintroduce swamps
Build taller levees
Question 8
8.
What type of machine was made in the 1790s that easily separated cotton from its seeds?
Seed Seperator
Tractors
Telegraph
Cotton Gin
Question 9
9.
After the Great Flood of 1927, Mississippi came up with a way to "tame the wild Mississippi River" . What was their solution?
They created floodways, long levee systems, to take water to locations that would not flood.
They turned Mound's Landing into a swamp.
They built many bridges.
They took food to all that were impacted by the flood.
Question 10
10.
What effect did the invention of the cotton gin have on Mississippi?
A great flood.
Mississippi became known as the "Athens of the Delta".
A big migration into Mississippi by people who were looking for jobs.
Mississippi became a territory in 1798.