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1 MISSISSIPPI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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1. How many counties are in Mississippi? 3. The is the route taken by Mississippi
A. 82 Indians when they traveled hundreds of
miles to what is now known as Oklahoma.
B. 35
A. Natchez Trace
C. 30
B. Indian Territory
D. 28
C. Mississippi River
2. The water mammal ofMississippi is the D. Trail of Tears

4. The oldest and longest chain of mountains

in the United States east of the Mississippi
River is the
A. Blue Ridge Mountains
B. Great Smoky Mountains
C. Rocky Mountains
D. Appalachian Mountains

5. What events happened in Mississippi as a

result of losing the Civil War? (3)
A. Beautiful mansions were burnt to the
ground.
A. Octopus B. Huge plantations were destroyed.
B. Jellyfish C. Mississippi lost more people than any
C. Great white shark other Confederate state.
D. Bottlenose dolphin D. Mississippi did not suffer.

1. A 2. D 3. D 4. D 5. A 5. B 5. C 6. B
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6. What did Mississippi look like 50 million B. Greenville

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A. Mountains covered most of the state D. Hattiesburg
B. A shallow sea covered most of the E. Oxford
state
11. Which Flag Is This?
C. It was a desert
D. It was covered in ice and snow

7. What provision of the Homestead Act en-

couraged people to move west of the Mis-
sissippi River?
A. The land was cheap
B. The land was free A. Missouri
C. Their houses had to be made of wood. B. Mississippi
D. They only had to live on their farms for C. Minnesota
three years. D. none of above
8. What is the state flower of Mississippi? 12. What is Mississippi’s state flower?
A. tulip A. Rose
B. daisy B. Magnolia
C. rose C. Daisy
D. magnolia D. Tulip

9. Evelyn, Liam, and Kai are playing a game 13. What is the largest city located on the Mis-
of ‘Who am I?’ Evelyn is acting as a repre- sissippi River?
sentative of an agency that provides assis- A. New Orleans
tance in areas such as child protective ser- B. St. Louis
vices, foster care, adoption, and support
for low-income families. Can you guess C. Memphis
which agency she is representing? D. Chicago
A. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, 14. Which one of the following justifies the
Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) statement that one of the reasons Missis-
B. Mississippi Department of Health sippi seceded from the Union was because
(MSDH) of states’ rights?
C. Mississippi Department of Education A. Mississippians believed that slavery
(MDE) was a God-given right
D. Mississippi Department of Human Ser- B. Mississippians believed that slaves
vices (MDHS) would starve if freed, because they had no
education.
10. What city is home of The University of Mis- C. Mississippi’s economy was heavily de-
sissippi also known as “Ole Miss” pendent upon cotton and the slave labor
A. Jackson which produced it.

7. B 8. D 9. D 10. E 11. B 12. B 13. A 14. D

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D. Mississippians believed that individual B. The Mississippi River is only important

states had the right to decide about slav- for recreational activities.
ery, and the federal [national] govern- C. The Mississippi River is primarily used
ment could not dictate that choice. for irrigation purposes.
15. Many settlers in Mississippi traveled D. The Mississippi River has played a sig-
along the nificant role in American history.
A. Natchez Trace 21. What is Mississippi’s Nickname?

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B. Trail of Tears
A. Magnolia State
C. Jackson Road
B. Friendship State
D. Lowland Road
C. Dixie State
16. Which is a historic site in Mississippi? D. none of above
A. National Agricultural Aviation Museum
22. Zoe, Ethan, and James are playing a trivia
B. Ross Barnett Reservoir game. They got a question:‘Which depart-
C. Yoknapatawpha County ment focuses on improving teaching meth-
ods and student achievement?’
D. Bay Springs Lake
A. Mississippi Department of Wildlife,
17. How do you spell mississippi Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP)
A. Mississippi B. Mississippi Department of Health
B. missionispsi (MSDH)
C. mississippi C. Mississippi Department of Education
D. Mississippi (MDE)
D. Mississippi Department of Human Ser-
18. Achievements of the Mississippians in- vices (MDHS)
cluded:
A. their mound building 23. Mississippi is the state.
B. Chungke A. 10th
C. their excellent trading network B. 20th
D. all of the above C. 13s
D. 1st
19. Who created the Muppets in a little Mis-
sissippi delta town? 24. N. A city in southwest Mississippi on the
A. Jim Henson Mississippi river (L 8)
B. Sam Phillips A. author’s style
C. Ronald Smith B. memoir
D. Road Runner C. dale

20. What is the significance of the Mississippi D. Natchez

River in American history? 25. Before Hurricane Katrina, the worst and
A. The Mississippi River has no signifi- most costly natural disaster in Missis-
cance in American history. sippi’s history was

15. A 16. A 17. A 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. A 22. C 23. B 24. D 25. A
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A. The Great Flood of 1927 A. road cancer

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26. Why did the French want control of the C. Minnesota
Mississippi River?
D. Mississippi
A. To use water to drink.
B. To help them reach new lands where 31. He is viewed as the King of Rock and Roll
they could build trading posts. and was born in Tupelo, Mississippi
C. So they could find the Cities of Gold. A. Elvis Presley
D. To ensure they could build bridges B. Johnny Cash
across it in the future.
C. Sam Phillips
27. Why did some settlers turn back when D. Jerry Lee Lewis
they reached the Mississippi River?
A. Their horses became lame. 32. Which waterway was important to both
B. The Mississippi River was too difficult the North and the South?
to cross. A. Ohio River
C. They changed their minds about set- B. Tennessee River
tling west of the Mississippi River.
C. Missouri River
D. They were unwilling to seek new op-
portunities. D. Mississippi River

28. What type of bear is made in Mississippi? 33. What is the state bird of Mississippi
A. Happy Bear A. Blue jay
B. Bunny Rabbit
B. Pigeon
C. Teddy Bear
C. mockingbird
D. none of above
D. Bald eagle
29. The Mississippians believed the earth was
34. Of the states west of the Mississippi
A. round and flat River, California is the largest in land area.
B. square and flat A. True
C. a sphear B. False
D. a cube
35. After failed attempts to invade Vicksburg,
30. The Mississippi River is the western bor- Grant tried to seize Vicksburg
der of this state
A. via the Louisiana side of the MS river
B. by using the burning of Jackson to
scare them into surrendering
C. by disguising Union troops as Confed-
erate soldiers
D. via the Mississippi side of the river

26. B 27. B 28. C 29. A 30. D 31. A 32. D 33. C 34. B 35. A 36. C
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36. Achievements of the Mississippians in- 42. In 1650, there were at least Choctaw
cluded: living in Mississippi.
A. constructing pyramids of stone A. 15
B. a complex writing system B. 1, 500
C. a widespread trading network C. 15, 000
D. terrace farming D. 150, 000
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37. why is jackson mississippi called the city
tions that fought over control of the Mis-
with sole
sissippi territory?
A. for the jazz
A. Italy, Sweden, and Germany
B. for the money
B. Portugal, Ireland, and Scotland
C. for the souls C. Russia, Greece, and Romania
D. for mickey mouse D. Spain, France, and England
38. What state does not border Mississippi? 44. Who wrote about Mississippi’s rich her-
A. Arkansas itage around the times of the Civil War?
B. Louisiana A. William Faulkner

C. Georgia B. Tennessee Williams

C. Eudora Welty
D. Alabama
D. Richard Wright
39. He discovered Mississippi for the French
45. Choose the correct option
A. Iberville
B. Bienville
C. by Lemos
D. Marco Polo

40. Mississippi local governments are divided

into two categories; or county
A. Louisiana
A. zoo
B. Illinois
B. state
C. Mississippi
C. municipal
D. Iowa
D. country
46. Who are famous authors from Missis-
41. American Indians forced out of Mississippi sippi?
walked the A. Tennessee Williams
A. Natchez Trace B. Dizzy Dean
B. Trail of Tears C. Richard Wright
C. Jackson Road D. Elvis Presley
D. Pontotoc Mountain E. William Faulkner

37. A 38. C 39. A 40. C 41. B 42. C 43. D 44. A 45. C 46. A 46. C 46. E 47. B
47. C
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47. Which professional sports stars were born B. to show where the Mississippi empties
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A. Elvis Presley C. to show the location of the Mississippi
and its watershed
B. Walter Payton
D. to show the culture of people along the
C. Jerry Rice
Mississippi
D. Tennessee Williams
53. Which state had some of the strictest laws
48. The Midwest states east of the Mississippi for segregation
are (choose all that apply). A. Chicago
A. Wisconsin B. Mississippi
B. Indiana C. Alabama
C. Ohio D. Tennessee
D. road cancer 54. After interacting with the Spanish, the ma-
E. Illinois jority of the Mississippian Indians
A. Moved to the western plains
49. How did the Mississippians believed elites
achieved elite status? B. Died in combat with the Spanish
C. Migrated to South America
A. won by playing their game of chungke
D. Died of diseases contracted from the
B. won through battles
Spanish
C. descended from the gods
55. What is the biggest lake in Warren
D. handed down from the chief County?
50. Which city in Mississippi is bordered by
Tennessee to the north?
A. Meridian
B. Vicksburg
C. Corinth
D. Columbia
E. Natchez A. Big Black Lake
B. Mississippi River
51. Label the following on the map. b c a
C. Eagle Lake
A. a State of Minnesota
D. none of above
B. b Mississippi River
56. The Mississippi River is the longest
C. c Gulf of Mexico river in the United States.
D. none of above A. 1st
52. What is the main purpose of the map? B. And
A. to show the cities and states along the C. an offer
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57. Who is the present Mayor of Jackson, Mis- 63. True or False? The Mississippians were
sissippi very religious.
A. Troy aikman A. True
B. Dak prescott B. False
C. Arnold swistenagar
D. Chokwe Antar Lumumba 64. What is the official fish of Mississippi?
A. Catfish
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A. in a canoe B. Trout
B. on the Mississippi River C. Largemouth Bass
C. in a town called Natchez D. Longhorn Bass
D. in a canoe on the Mississippi River
65. led a group of French settlers to start
59. How many classes were there in the Mis- a colony in what is now Mississippi. He
sissippian social structure? built Fort Maurepas.
A. 3 A. Soto
B. 4
B. Iberville
C. 1
C. The room
D. 2
D. Bienville
60. name the four states that surround missis-
sippi 66. What state is colored in?
A. jackson, italy, europe, and asia
B. Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, and
Alabama
C. wyoming, nevada, mexico, and
delaware
D. all of the abover
61. What were General Sherman’s orders in
February 1864, so as to weaken the A. Mississippi
threat of Mississippi Civilians?
B. Alabama
A. To establish martial law
C. Tennessee
B. To evacuate all the civilians
C. To recruit civilians for the Union army D. Arkansas
D. to destroy rail lines and supply lines 67. The capital of Mississippi is
for the confederacy
A. BI lo system
62. Mississippians often farmed on top of
mounds. B. Washington
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E. Louisiana
B. Louisiana Purchase
72. When did Mississippi become a state?
C. legislature
A. December 10, 1817
D. War of 1812
B. January 11, 2021
69. Describe the ecosystem of the Mississippi
River. C. December 25, 1776

A. The ecosystem of the Mississippi River D. November 5, 1863

is a simple and straightforward system
73. How does Mississippi rank in size among
with only a few plant and animal species.
the fifty states?Group of answer choices
B. The ecosystem of the Mississippi River
A. an offer
is a man-made environment with no natu-
ral plant or animal species. B. 32nd
C. The ecosystem of the Mississippi River C. 13s
is a barren wasteland with no plant or an- D. Show
imal life.
D. The ecosystem of the Mississippi River 74. Mississippi is located in what part of the
is a diverse and complex system that sup- country?
ports a wide range of plant and animal A. Southwest
species.
B. Southeast
70. In January of 1861, became the sec- C. Northwest
ond state to secede.
D. Northeast
A. Missouri
B. Kansas 75. Why couldn’t Paleo-Indians build villages
with permanent settlements?
C. Nebraska
A. Mississippi was too crowded.
D. South Carolina
B. They were too busy searching for
E. Mississippi
foods.
71. What is the name of this state that bor- C. They didn’t have any building materi-
ders the Mississippi River? als.
D. Paleo-Indians like sleeping in caves.

76. Which European explorer arrived in Missis-

sippi in the 16th century?
A. Choctaw
B. Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville
A. Arkansas C. Trail of Tears
B. Kentucky D. Hernando de Soto

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77. How did Mississippi make room for more A. Choctaws

white settlers who wanted to move to B. natchez
Mississippi to become wealthy?
C. Singing River
A. Mississippi changed its boundaries so
D. BI lo system
the state would become bigger.
B. Settlers were asked to live on smaller 82. Mississippi’s nickname is:
pieces of land. A. The Happy State

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C. Native Americans were forced to sign B. The Hospitality State
treaties and give up their land C. The Hostile State
D. Mississippi made it illegal or new set- D. The River State
tlers to bring their enslaved blacks with
them. 83. The United States East of the Mississippi
River is divided in subregions
78. Select all parts included in the Union’s Ana-
A. three
conda Plan.
B. five
A. Cut off Mississippi from the rest of the
Confederacy C. two

B. Blockade southern ports to prevent D. four

supplies from entering 84. The first capital of Mississippi was
C. Interrogate potential spies in border A. Natchez
states with Confederate sympathies
B. Jackson
D. Take control of the Mississippi River to C. Tupelo
cut off the western Confederate states
D. Greenwood
79. Based on the map, which event or agree-
85. What is the speed of the river Mississippi?
ment led to territory that was bordered by
the Mississippi River and the Rocky Moun- A. 2.9-3.2 km
tains B. 2.9-3.2 mph
A. Gadsden Purchase C. 2.9-3.2 meters
B. Texas Annexation D. 2.9-3.2 seconds.
C. Louisiana Purchase 86. The capital of Mississippi is?
D. Mexican Cession A. Terry
80. The largest Mississippi city by population B. Jackson
is C. Utica
A. BI lo system D. Natchez
B. Meridian 87. is the capital of Mississippi?
C. Greenwood A. Madison
D. Jackson B. Pearl
81. What was the largest indian tribe in mis- C. Jackson
sissippi when the explorers came? D. Natchez

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88. The Nickname for the state of Mississippi 93. What was Mississippi named after?
is A. The Magnolia Tree

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A. The magnet state B. The Magnolia State
B. The Mower State C. The Magnolia Leaf
C. The Magnolia State D. The Mississippi River
D. The Mighty State 94. The Mississippi River is the longest river
in the world.
89. Mississippi’s nickname is
A. True
A. The Delta State
B. False
B. The Carnation State
95. What is #15?
C. The Gulf State
D. The Magnolia State

90. How many states border the Mississippi

River?
A. 8
B. 10
C. 11
D. 9 A. Tennessee
B. Mississippi
91. What is the name of this state that bor-
ders the Mississippi River? C. Alabama
D. Minnesota

96. In Mississippi Solo, Harris writes, “Clouds

rolled overhead in wild swirls like batter
in a bowl.” What does this figurative lan-
guage suggest about his experience? PICK
ALL CORRECT ANSWERS.
A. The river environment is crazy and
A. Arkansas chaotic as the storm approaches.
B. Kentucky B. The river has turned against him and
is now his enemy.
C. Tennessee
C. Even though the experience is intense,
D. Mississippi
he is savoring and enjoying the experi-
E. Louisiana ence.
D. The clouds are beautiful and peaceful.
92. DId the Mississippians create any technolo-
gies? 97. The state bird of Mississippi is the
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B. no B. American bald eagle

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C. blue jay
D. cardinal

98. Who were the three major Indian tribes in

Mississippi when the Europeans were in
Mississippi?
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B. Choctaw, Cherokee, and Navajo
C. Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez
D. Spain, France, and England A. Minnesota
B. Massachusetts
99. How many regions is Mississippi divided
into? C. Maryland

A. 3 D. Mississippi

B. 7 102. What is the name of this state that bor-

ders the Mississippi River?
C. 15
D. 10

100. Who is the Governor of Mississippi?

A. Arkansas
B. Kentucky
C. Tennessee
D. Mississippi
E. Louisiana

103. What is the reason the Mississippians

used slash and burn farming?
A. To remove weeds
B. To keep animals out of fields.
A. Phil Bryant
C. To clear fields for planting.
B. Tate Reeves
D. To preserve maize for winter.
C. Barack Obama
104. The Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage
D. Joe Biden Festival was founded in the year of

101. 4 Presidents, including JFK, were born in A. 1978

this state B. 1980

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C. 1975 110. Mississippi became the 20th state to join

D. 1985 the United States on what date?

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A. December 18, 2017
105. Mississippi has an abundant supply of
both groundwater and surface water. B. December 10, 1817
Which one does Mississippians drink the C. December 17, 1820
MOST
D. December 20, 1817
A. Groundwater
B. Surface water 111. What is the state song of Mississippi?
A. The Magnolia State
106. The only state in the Great Lakes region
west of the Mississippi River is B. Mississippi State Anthem
C. Hail Mississippi
D. Go, Mississippi

112. Which state does NOT border Missis-

sippi?
A. Tennessee
B. Alabama
A. Ohio C. Arkansas
B. Minnesota D. Louisiana
107. Which is a popular lake for boating, fish- E. Georgia
ing, and swimming in Mississippi?
113. The author most likely wrote this selec-
A. Bay Springs Lake
tion to-
B. Vicksburg National Military Park
A. convince readers to save the turtles
C. Mississippi Florewood River Planta-
tion B. teach the readers about the dangers
that snapping turtles face every day
D. none of above
C. entertain the reader with a story about
108. What is Mississippi’s state reptile? a turtle surviving her adventures down the
Mississippi River
A. a Russian dog
B. a British cat D. explain why the Mississippi River is the
best location for turtles to live
C. an American Alligator
D. a English pitbull 114. What year did the Mississippi River
change its course?
109. Delbert Hosemann is President of the
A. 1880
Senate and Lieutenant governor of Missis-
sippi. B. 1876
A. True C. 1886
B. False D. 1873

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115. What is the 2nd longest river in the U.S. C. Tornadoes

that is in Mississippi?
D. Hurricanes
A. The Ohio River
B. The Missouri River
120. What is the nickname of Mississippi?
C. The Grand River Hint:I am found on trees and smell great.
D. The Mississippi River
A. Magnolia State

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116. Capital of Mississippi
B. Flower State

C. Friendly State

D. none of above

121. Choose the BEST summary for this selec-

tion.

A. Eddy Harris always found peace with

nature, so he decided to take a trip down
the Mississippi River one day. Unfortu-
nately, the weather conditions were bad
and he felt unsafe. The trip was not as
A. Boston successful as he had hoped.
B. Lansing
B. Eddy Harris had a tough life, but found
C. Annapolis peace in the Mississippi River. He decided
D. Jackson to take an adventure down the length of
the river, but a storm occurred. He did
117. The Mississippi Mass Choir and the Sta- not feel threatened by it because he felt
ple Singers are examples of what type of connected with the river. He listened to it
music groups? and let it guide him to safety.
A. Blues
C. Eddy Harris took a trip down the Mis-
B. Spirituals sissippi River because he thought it would
C. Rock and Roll be a challenge. However, a storm came
and he was threatened by something that
D. Folk Songs
usually brought him joy. Luckily, hew as
118. In the Mississippian culture, commoners able to escape.
were often buried inside of mounds.
D. Eddy Harris had a tough life, but found
A. True peace in the Mississippi River. Unfortu-
B. False nately, a big storm came out of nowhere.
He felt safe even though it was a scary sit-
119. Katrina and Camille are the worst in uation.
Mississippi.
A. Blizzards 122. From 1940 to 1960, the population of
B. Floods Mississippi

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126. In which nation is Mississippi located?
A. The United States of America

A. increased by over 300, 000 B. The Republic of China

B. decreased by over 300, 000 C. Canada

D. Finland
C. decreased by over 700, 000
E. Mexico
D. remained about the same
127. How many counties are in Mississippi?
123. The room
A. 100
A. found the best beavers in all of North
America. B. 91
B. claimed the entire Mississippi River C. 82
for France, including it tributaries. D. 56
C. claimed the tallest mountain in North 128. The Mississippian Indians took the knowl-
America for France. edge of (a) and made it (b) . They added
D. found a new river, and named it after other things like (c) or (d) to the clay to (e)
his king. .
A. a pottery
124. Which event was the immediate cause of
the secession of several Southern states, B. b durable
including Mississippi, from the Union in C. c crushed shells
1860?
D. d bone
A. The election of President Abraham Lin- E. e make it harder
coln, who opposed the spread of slavery
into the territories 129. At the close of the French Indian War all
B. The Missouri Compromise, which kept of France’s land east of the Mississippi
an even balance between the number of River was awarded to
free and slave states A. Russia
C. The raid on the Federal arsenal at B. India
Harper’s Ferry, which was led by the mili- C. Great Britain
tant abolitionist John Brown
D. Spain
D. The Dred Scott decision, which de-
clared that all prior compromises on the 130. overall amount of rainfall in mississippi
extension of slavery into the territories per year?
were unconstitutional A. 24inches
125. The mounds the Mississippians built were B. 54inches
made of C. 59inches
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131. The is the time from its establishment 135. What is the unemployment rate in Missis-
as an Ameri-can territory in 1798 to the sippi?
beginning of the Civil War in 1861. A. 12.3%
A. colonial period
B. 7.8%
B. jamestown
C. 2.1%
C. antebellum period
D. 4.9%
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Explanation:Antebellum, according to the 136. In what year did the population of Mis-
online dictionary, is a time before a war. sissippi first exceed 1, 000, 000?
tagsMississippi
132. What almost caused a war between
Spain and the United States?
A. The boundary between Mississippi and
Spanish controlled Florida
B. The Native Americans
C. The right to vote
D. The taxes paid to governments A. 1840
B. 1880
133. What is the importance of the Mississippi
River in transportation? C. 1920
A. The Mississippi River is important D. 1960
in transportation because it is a major
E. 2000
source of hydroelectric power.
B. The Mississippi River is important in 137. and his men became the first Euro-
transportation because it is the longest peans to see the Mississippi River.
river in the United States. A. Bienville
C. The Mississippi River is important B. Soto
in transportation because it provides a
scenic route for tourists. C. The room
D. The Mississippi River is important in D. Iberville
transportation because it connects the
central United States to the Gulf of Mex- 138. The state of Mississippi is 180 miles
ico and allows for the transportation of wide
goods. A. north to south
134. If I want to get a job in Biotechnology or B. east to west
Engineering, which state would be my best
option? 139. Who is the governor of Mississippi

A. Mississippi A. Gavin Newsom

B. Massachusetts B. Ned Lamont
C. road cancer C. Tate reeves
D. Minnesota D. Asa Hutchinson

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140. Mississippi’s state tree is the 146. Which of the following grows in Missis-
sippi?
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A. kale
B. oak tree
B. broccoli
C. maple tree
C. corn
D. magnolia tree
D. coconuts
141. What is Mississippi’s state flower?
147. The governor of Mississippi belongs to
A. rose
what party?
B. tulip
A. Republican
C. magnolia
B. Democratic
D. sunflower
C. Islamic
142. Which city in Mississippi is located in the D. Christian
Mississippi River Delta?
148. Which major city east of the Mississippi
A. Olive Branch River is highlighted?
B. Horn Lake
C. Greenville
D. Southaven
E. McComb

143. Can the flow of the Mississippi river be

reversed?
A. True
B. False

144. Mississippi was the state to join the

Union.
A. Chicago
A. 20th
B. Miami
B. 15th
C. Boston
C. Taking
D. New York City
D. 10th
149. Where was the Mississippian culture lo-
145. The bald eagle is a symbol of cated in North America?
A. Mississippi A. near the St. Lawrence River
B. the United States of America B. near the Ohio & Mississippi River
C. the southeast region of the USA C. Near Mexico
D. Pontotoc, MS D. Near Michigan

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150. Who was the Spanish conquistador that 154. Why did many settlers turn back or settle
was the first European to see the Missis- on the east side of the Mississippi River?
sippi river? A. They wanted to rest
A. The room B. They decided they didn’t want new op-
B. Hernando de Soto portunities
C. Hernan Cortez C. Their horses wouldn’t cross
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wide to cross
151. Promotes historical and contemporary
crafts in Mississippi 155. When did Mississippi become a part of
the united states
A. Mississippi Blues Commission
A. September 20, 1864
B. Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi
B. August 12, 1704
C. Oscar
C. December 10, 1817
D. Visionary Artist
D. January 7, 1972
152. Which major city east of the Mississippi
156. In which Mississippi city will visitors find
River is highlighted?
a Mardi Gras parade?
A. BI lo system
B. Vicksburg
C. Jackson
D. Pascagoula

157. What is the capital of Mississippi?

A. Detroit
B. Miami
A. Flint
C. Washington, D.C.
B. Indian River
D. New York City
C. Jackson
153. What was the name of the great river D. McDonald’s
this text was set in?
158. What law was created by Mississippi and
A. Mississippi State
other Southern states to justify them leav-
B. The Mississippi River ing the U.S. to form their own country?
C. The Rio Grande A. natural rights
D. A city in Florida B. Ordinance of Secession

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C. Southern Conference Leaders B. False

D. Northwest Ordinance Explanation:The Mississippi River has had
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159. first college for males located in Missis-
sippi 164. Why did some settlers turn back when
A. Be Miss they reached the Mississippi River?

B. Vanderbilt A. Their horses became lame.

C. Alcorn B. The Mississippi River was too difficult
to cross.
D. Jefferson College
C. They changed their minds about set-
160. Which type of fiction is Minn of the Mis- tling west of the Mississippi River
sissippi?
D. They were unwilling to seek new op-
A. historical
portunities.
B. realistic
C. fantasy 165. The Mississippians civilization ended in
1600. What caused this to happen?
D. science fiction
A. the Spanish invaded
161. what is jackson mississippi’s nickname
B. the French invaded
A. the city with sole
C. the Germans invaded
B. the funk city
C. the city that never sleeps D. the Russians invaded

D. mickey mouse 166. What was the land ordinence of 1787

and how did it differ from the law that
162. What is the most basic way to divide the
created mississippi?
United States?
A. into four regions:the northern United A. the law that created mississippi was
States, the southern United States, the based off of this.
eastern United States, and the western B. It didn’t allow slavery.
United States
C. It did
B. into two regions:the United States
north of the 40 degree line of latitude and D. what
the United States south of the 40 degree
line of latitude 167. What body of water is on the southern
border of Mississippi?
C. into two regions:the United States
east of the Mississippi and the United A. Lake Pontchartrain
States west of the Mississippi
B. Gulf of Mexico
D. into four regions:New England, Mid-
C. Mississippi River
Atlantic, Southeast, and Midwest
D. There is no water on the southern side
163. The Ohio River has had the most impact
on the nation’s history. 168. The brown rectangle represents what
A. True landform?

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D. The largest manufacturing industry in

Mississippi is the transportation equip-
ment manufacturing sector.

171. What state is this?

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A. the Appalachian Mountains
B. The Great Lakes
C. The Great Plains
D. The Mississippi River Delta
A. Mississippi
169. Mississippi’s state land mammal is the
B. Alabama
C. Wisconsin
D. New Jersey

172. Because of the growth, the Mississippian

Indians lived as far north as (a) and as far
south as (b) . They were also living in east-
ern (c) to the (d) .
A. a Illinois
B. b Florida
C. c North Carolina
D. d Mississippi River

173. Which major city east of the Mississippi

A. Red fox River is highlighted?
B. Cotton tail rabbit
C. Gray squirrel
D. White-tailed deer
170. What is the largest manufacturing indus-
try in Mississippi?
A. The largest manufacturing industry in
Mississippi is the food processing sector.
B. The largest manufacturing industry in
Mississippi is the chemical manufacturing
sector.
C. The largest manufacturing industry in
Mississippi is the furniture manufacturing A. Detroit
sector. B. Miami

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174. According to the text, where does the
180. To most white Mississippians, that way
Mississippi River flow?
of life meant a
A. through the United States
A. Plantation
B. through only Louisiana
B. ELI WHITNEY
C. through the Gulf of Mexico
D. none of above 181. As Marquette and Joliet discovered the
lower Louisiana, they also discovered two
175. Which tribe in Mississippi established important rivers. They are the following:
trade networks and created impressive
artwork? A. Missouri and Tombigbee
A. American B. Arkansas and Colorado
B. Natchez C. Mississippi and Arkansas
C. Choctaw D. Mississippi and Ohio
D. Chickasaw
182. Which Native American tribe has a tribal
176. When is Mississippi’s birthday? ( it be- government in Mississippi?
came a state)
A. Creek
A. December 9, 1817
B. Cherokee
B. December 10, 1820
C. December 12, 1817 C. Apache

D. December 10, 1817 D. Choctaw

177. Where does the Mississippi River start? 183. What landform is created here?
A. The Gulf of Mexico
B. Salton Springs, North Dakota
C. A hair road cancer
D. Lake Itasca

178. the oldest reservior in mississippi?

A. pickwick lake
B. salt lake
C. mississippi river
D. hamlet lake
A. Mississippi River Delta
179. During the period known as thou-
sands of people bought land in Mississippi. B. Great Lakes
A. Good Times C. Great Barrier Reef
B. Flush Times D. Rocky Mountains

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184. The current capital of Mississippi is 190. Why does Marvis’s uncle need help?
A. Greenwood A. His uncle’s arm was a mess from too
much rain
B. Tupelo
B. His uncle was a mess from too much
C. Jackson
rain
D. BI lo system
C. His uncle’s farm was a mess from too
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A. Mexico D. His uncle’s Farm was a mess from too
much Mississippi River
B. South America
C. Russia 191. Where were the Mississippians located?

D. Mississippi A. South America

B. Africa
186. What is the state flower of Mississippi?
C. Central America
A. Mockingbird
D. North America
B. Magnolia
C. Tennessee 192. Read the introduction [paragraphs 1-4].
Which sentence from the introduction BEST
D. Gulf of Mexico explains WHY the students’ chose to end
their walk in the place they did?
187. Whaich plant grows in Mississippi?
A. A group of teenagers launched a 50-
A. cotton
mile walk from northern Mississippi to
B. palm trees Memphis, Tennessee, on Saturday, March
C. cactus 31.

D. none of above B. Wearing matching T-shirts and hydra-

tion backpacks, they are walking as a
188. What chain of mountains are located on tribute to slain civil rights leader Martin
the western side of the Mississippi? Luther King Jr.
A. Appalachian C. They planned to meet friends and fam-
ily on the Tennessee-Mississippi line Tues-
B. Rocky day, April 3.
C. Great Smoky D. He was gunned down while standing
D. Ural on the balcony of the old Lorraine Motel in
Memphis on April 4, 1968.
189. What was the main reason the French
came into the Mississippi river valley? 193. The state bird of Mississippi is the
A. Buffalo meat A. rocking bird
B. Hog meat B. rocking robin
C. fur trade C. mockingbird
D. cotton farming D. mocking chicken

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194. Early civilizations along the Mississippi

river relied on the river for:

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A. Fishing
B. water for crops
C. Both A and B
D. none of above A. Rio Grande River
B. Hudson River
195. What is Mississippi’s capital city?
C. Mississippi River
A. Hattiesburg
D. St. Lawrence
B. Jackson
C. Buck barrel 200. Where can Mississippian Indian mounds
be found? Choose 4.
D. Washington, DC
A. Tennessee
196. What were the two territorial capitals of
B. Georgia
mississippi?
C. Illinois
A. natches
D. Alabama
B. Washington
E. Nevada
C. utah
D. Jefferson 201. What was the name of the river that was
crossed by Mississippi Bridge?
197. Why was Eddy Harris able to appreciate
A. the Mighty Mississippi
that day off?
B. the Po
A. He had plenty of hard and scary days;
he can appreciate the easy ones C. the Rosa Lee
B. Mississippi had plenty of rainy days D. the Natchez Trace
that year; it was finally sunny! E. the Lumberin’ Charlie
198. How did the population in Mississippi 202. Coming of Age in Mississippi is told from
change from 1910 to 2010? the perspective.
A. The population of Mississippi has grad- A. Third Person Limited
ually increased.
B. Omniscient
B. The population of Mississippi has grad-
ually decreased C. Second Person
C. The population of Mississippi has fluc- D. First Person
tuated, increasing until 1970 and then de-
203. Where did the Mississippian live?
creasing thereafter
A. The river valley of the Mississippi
D. The population of Mississippi has re-
mained stable B. Mexico

199. Which U.S. river is located at letter C. Guatemala

“F?”(Click the map to zoom in) D. Chile and Peru

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204. Which color on the map represents the 207. Read the passage from the excerpt, Mis-
Mississippian civilization? sissippi Solo and then determine which
word best completes the sentence. “I was
more amazed than anything, trying to an-
alyze the voice I had heard or whatever
instinct or intuition it was that urges me
to park in these trees. It had been some-
thing so very definite that I could feel it
and yet so that I could not put my fin-

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ger on it.”
A. insulate
B. splinter
C. ethereal
D. specify
A. red
208. What is the state capital of Mississippi?
B. orange
A. BI lo system
C. green
B. Gulfport
D. blue
C. Hattiesburg
205. What number was Mississippi admitted? D. Jackson
209. Who ruled the cities in the Mississippian
civilization?
A. elite families; led by a priest
B. elite families; led by a chief
C. elite families; led by yo mama
D. elite families; led by Boss Baby
210. Mississippi has the highest percentage of
what type of people than any other state?
A. 13
A. Native Americans
B. 20 B. White People
C. 4 C. Asian People
D. -7 D. Black People
206. Which of the following cities in Missis- 211. The first capital of the Confederacy was
sippi is home to Delta State University?
A. Cleveland A. Baton Rouge, Mississippi
B. Quitman B. Jackson, Mississippi
C. Grenada C. Richmond, Virginia
D. Meridian D. Natchez, Mississippi
E. Starkville E. Montgomery, Alabama

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212. How did the Mississippians obtain their 217. Why are shrimp numbers declining in the
food sources? Select all answers that ap- Mississippi?
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A. farming B. Parts of the river have been straight-
B. hunting ened to make ship travel easier, making
water currents too fast for shrimp
C. fishing
C. The invasive carp are eating them all
D. gathering
D. none of above
213. Which Mississippi city is located on the
Gulf Coast? 218. When did Mississippi join the Union?
A. BI lo system A. It hasn’t joined yet.
B. Greenwood B. December 10, 1917
C. Jackson C. December 10, 2017
D. Meridian D. December 10, 1817

214. Which is a type of fence the Missis- 219. Which state is highlighted in red?
sippians built around their chiefdoms and
homes.
A. mound fence
B. picket fence
C. barbed wire
D. palisade
A. Arkansas
215. What is the main idea of the text? B. Louisiana
A. Native people depended on the Missis- C. Mississippi
sippi River for thousands of years. D. Missouri
B. The Mississippi River has been a very
important river for a long time, and still is 220. Which item was not widely traded by the
today. Mississippians?

C. The Mississippi River is mostly impor- A. tools

tant because it begins in the state of Min- B. pottery
nesota. C. canoes
D. none of above D. beads
216. Which European explorers encountered 221. What is the second largest Indian mound
the Mississippian Indians in the mid- in North America, located in Natchez, Mis-
1500’s? sissippi called?
A. The British A. Winterville Mounds
B. The Spanish B. Poverty Point
C. The French C. Diamond Mound
D. The Portuguese D. Emerald Mound

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222. Which city is not located on the Missis- A. memorials to their gods
sippi Gulf Coast?
B. bronze statues
A. Ocean Springs
C. earthen mounds
B. BI lo system
D. stone pyramids
C. Pascagoula
D. Gulfport 227. Which state is highlighted?
E. Tupelo

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223. Read this sentence from the text. Before
the United States was a country, different
Native peoples had depended on the Mis-
sissippi for thousands of years.What ev-
idence from the text supports this state-
ment?
A. “Today, some Native people continue A. Texas
to use the Mississippi River. Many other B. South Carolina
people use the Mississippi, too.”
C. Florida
B. “The name Mississippi came from the
Anishinaabe people. They called the river D. Mississippi
Misi ziibi, which means ‘long river.”’
228. Where does Hiram’s Grandparent’s live?
C. “Many Native people traveled on the
river by boat. They also ate fish that lived A. Missouri
in the water.”
B. New York
D. none of above
C. Mississippi
224. The governor of Mississippi is D. Kentucky
A. Tate Reeves
B. George Washington 229. What are some things the state of Mis-
sissippi protects?
C. Joe Biden
A. The Department of Health makes sure
D. Mickey Mouse the food we eat and water we drink is
225. This lake was formed when the Hoover safe.
Dam was built on the Colorado River. It is B. The state protects kids’ right to go to
also a popular recreation area school and the highway patrol keeps the
A. Mississippi River roads safe.
B. Salt Lake C. News reports keep us posted on the
important changes during an event like
C. Columbia Lake
the weather or if it sage to drink the wa-
D. Lake Mead ter.
226. These were at the center of Mississippian D. A natural disaster is an event that hap-
villages and served religious, ceremonial, pens because of something in nature like
burial and elite residential purposes. a hurricane.

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230. What river is starred? 234. The nicknames of Mississippi are

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B. The Healthy StateThe Smart State
C. The Magnolia StateThe Hospitality
State
D. The Industrial StateThe Expensive
State
A. Mississippi River
B. Tennessee River 235. How did the ancient people get to North
America and Mississippi?
C. Savannah River
A. They flew an airplane
D. Ohio River
B. They drove a big bus across a highway
231. How many sectors are most in-demand in from France
Northeast Mississippi?
C. They crossed over an iced covered sea
A. 3 from Asia
B. 4 D. They all rode on horses
C. 5
236. Created to identify historical sites in Mis-
D. 6 sissippi
232. Who were the workers in Mississippian A. Mississippi Blues Commission
society?
B. USA International Ballet Competition
A. Elites
C. Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi
B. Warriors
D. Oscar
C. Priests
D. Commoners 237. Name one type of wildlife that can be
found in the Mississippi River.
233. While both General Grant and General
A. Bald eagle
Sherman came to Mississippi to force a sur-
render from the state and destroy the sup- B. Grizzly bear
plies it had to offer to the Confederacy, C. American alligator
what is one thing they both learned about
Mississippi while they were in the state? D. Kangaroo
A. They both saw the recklessness of pro- 238. In the 1830s, a great land rush brought
tective tariffs. thousands of settlers from the states
B. They both recognized the beauty of the into Mississippi.
Mississippi Delta. A. Georgia
C. They both realized how easy it was to
B. Texas
live off the land in the state.
C. Atlantic
D. They both learned how friendly the
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239. In Mississippi Solo, Harris writes, B. The Mississippi River

“Clouds rolled overhead in wild swirls like C. The Appalachian Mountains
batter in a bowl.” This is what type of
figurative language? D. Lake Superior

A. Simile 245. The culture built great cities around

B. Metaphor flat, pyramid-shaped mounds.

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D. Hyperbole B. albaman
C. Mississippian
240. Many Choctaw in Mississippi today live
on a D. Plains

A. tribe 246. Major industries in Mississippi are:

B. council A. Natural gas, petroleum
C. farm B. Energy, technology
D. reservation C. paper, cleaning products
D. Automobiles, aerospace
241. The Ohio River divides the United States
into two main regions. 247. One of the most significant industrial de-
A. True velopments in POSTWAR Mississippi was
the
B. False
Explanation:Mississippi River A. Railroad industry
B. Cotton industry
242. The Mississippian’s usually had a defen-
sive structure surrounding their villages C. Cattle industry
known as a This was a wooden wall D. Steel industry
that kept unwelcome people and animals
out. 248. Mississippi’s state bird is the
A. palisade
B. cliff dwelling
C. mound
D. forest

243. Mississippi
A. Austin
B. Montpelier
C. Jackson
D. Cheyenne A. Chicken

244. What forms most of the western border B. Mockingbird

of the state of Mississippi? C. Crow
A. The Gulf of Mexico D. Robin

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249. The state flower of Mississippi is the 255. Mississippi is bordered by the and the
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B. dandelion
C. tulip
D. rose
250. What is Mississippi’s state flower?
A. Magnolia
B. Rose
C. Sunflower
A. Gulf of Mexico
D. Tulip
B. Pacific Ocean
251. Why did the civil rights workers go to
Mississippi? C. Atlantic Ocean
A. To stop voter registration of African
D. none of above
Americans
B. To help set up voter registration of
256. A was the political and religious
African Americans
leader of the Mississippians
Explanation:The postcard that Andy Good-
man wrote to his parents. It is post- A. emperor
marked June 21, 1964, Meridian, Miss.
B. king
252. in 1830 authorized the removal of
Native Americans who lived east of the C. chief
Mississippi river to lands in the west.
D. priest
A. Bureau of Indian Affairs
B. Worcester v. Georgia
257. Who is the governor of Mississippi?
C. Indian Removal Act
A. Donald Trump
D. None of the above
253. Which of the following is true? B. Tate Reeves

A. Mississippi State University won the C. Barack Obama

2021 College World Series
D. none of above
B. Ole Miss is great
C. TSUN is awesome 258. Which of the following is a major tribu-
D. Egg Bowl trophy belongs in Oxford tary of the Mississippi River?
254. which mississippi city is furthest west A. Ohio River
A. natchez
B. Hudson River
B. jacksons
C. carmack C. Colorado River

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259. Lake Superior is part of the Eastern bor- 263. All incoming 9th graders must select one
der of this state. of the following endorsements except:
A. Traditional Mississippi High School
Diploma
B. Traditional Diploma + Career and
Technical Education (CTE) Endorsement
C. Traditional Diploma + Academic En-

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D. Traditional Diploma + Distinguished
Academic Endorsement
E. Alternate Diploma

A. Minnesota 264. The Mississippians practiced

B. road cancer A. monotheism

C. Mississippi B. polytheism
C. plagiarism
D. Massachusetts
D. socialism
260. Coming of Age in Mississippi is what type
of text? 265. Aria, Avery, and Nora are playing a game
of ‘Emergency Management’. They are
A. Biographical Narrative pretending to be part of the Mississippi
B. Autobiographical Narrative Emergency Management Agency (MEMA).
Can you guess what their role would be in
C. Informational Article this game?
D. Fiction Narrative A. Coordinating and responding to emer-
gencies and disasters
261. The 4 U.S. Representatives for Missis-
sippi are:Trent Kelly, Bennie Thompson, B. Conserving and managing natural re-
Michael Guest and sources

A. Steve Paul C. Promoting self-sufficiency and sup-

porting vulnerable individuals and fami-
B. Steve Palo lies
C. Steven Polsky D. Providing quality education for all stu-
D. Steve Palazzo dents

266. The Mississippi river travels the length of

262. Which state does not border Mississippi?
the United States.
A. Louisiana A. False
B. Tennessee B. True
C. Alabama
267. The Mississippi Delta was the beginning
D. Arkansas place of what important event?
E. Florida A. Mardi Gras

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B. Christmas 273. choose the top three crops currently pro-

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A. cotton
D. parade
B. forestry
268. Mississippi is a part of the region.
C. catfish
A. northeast
D. poultry
B. midwest
E. eggs
C. southwest
D. southeast 274. Mississippi state motto is
A. No trouble
269. Where were religious events held in the
Mississippian civilization? B. Live long and prosper

A. at the bottom of mounds C. By Valor and Arms

B. on top of mounds D. By George I think he’s got it

C. near the Mississippi River 275. Why was capturing Vicksburg important
D. in Mrs. Shepherd’s summer home in to the Union?
France A. General Robert E. Lee’s home and plan-
tation was there.
270. What was the major road system in Mis-
sissippi during this time? B. It was essential to controlling the Mis-
sissippi River.
A. Natchez Trace
C. An important railroad junction was
B. Trace of Mississippi there.
C. Bluff Overlook Road D. It was the capital of the Confederacy.
D. Natchez Highway
276. Which road in Mississippi runs from
271. In which region is Mississippi’s highest Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee?
point of elevation located? A. Santa Fe Trail
A. Pine Belt B. I-55
B. Tombigbee Hills C. Natchez Trace
C. The Delta D. Chisholm Trail
D. Red Clay Hills
277. The Mississippi River has the fourth
272. Where were religious events held in the largest watershed in the world. What is
Mississippian civilization? another term for “watershed”?
A. at the bottom of mounds A. source
B. on top of mounds B. tributary
C. near the Mississippi River C. storage area
D. Outside the palisades D. drainage basin

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278. Which states does the Mississippi River C. Incans

flow through? D. Aztecs
A. New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland 281. What are the 11 states that made up the
Confederate States of Mississippi?
B. Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois,
Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, A. North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
Mississippi, and Louisiana gia, Mississippi, West Virginia, Virginia,
Alaska, Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky

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C. Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Alabama,
and Missouri.
Georgia, Florida
B. North Carolina, South Carolina, Missis-
D. California, Oregon, Washington,
sippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Florida,
Nevada, Arizona
Virginia, Tennessee, Nebraska and Mis-
279. The state fish of Mississippi is the souri.
C. Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Al-
abama, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Ten-
nessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri.
D. North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama,
Texas, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, and
Arkansas.
E. North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Alabama,
A. Largemouth bass Texas, Florida, Arkansas, Kentucky and
B. Catfish Missouri.
C. Bream 282. The area east of the Mississippi is larger
D. Crayfish than the area to the west.

280. Which civilization does the orange loca- A. True

tion represent on the map? B. False

283. What is the capital of Mississippi?

A. BI lo system
B. Jackson
C. Gulfport
D. Southaven

284. What river did the Mississippi Mound

Builders live near?
A. The Ohio River
B. The Atlantic Ocean
A. Mississippians C. The Pacific Ocean
B. Mayans D. The Mississippi River

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285. In “Children of the Mississippi, “ what is 290. Based on the graph, the best estimate of
the primary emotion that “the folk knew” the population of Mississippi in 1995 is
from the river?

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A. amusement
B. fear
C. optimism
D. security
286. What happened in 1813?
A. The War of 1812 started.
B. Mississippi became a state. A. 1, 200, 000

C. The steamboat was invented. B. 1, 800, 000

D. The Creek War started. C. 2, 000, 000
287. The Mississippi River forms the D. 2, 700, 000
boundary of Mississippi
A. eastern 291. The territory in the southern part of Mis-
sissippi that the English acquired after the
B. western
French and Indian War was called
C. northern
A. the Louisiana Purchase.
D. southern
B. the Gadsden Purchase.
288. What is one agricultural practice of Na-
tive American tribes in Mississippi? C. West Florida.
A. Hunting D. New England.
B. Fishing
C. Both A and B 292. Use the illustration to answer the ques-
tion.Which statement is NOT true about
D. Neither A nor B the Mississippians?
289. What is the big attraction at the Lower
Mississippi River Museum?

A. They lived in communities.

A. River front murals
B. They were nomadic.
B. Blue Duck motor scooters
C. Very big towboat C. They built earthen mounds.
D. a water tower D. They settled along rivers.

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293. What are four main geographic regions in 298. The is part of Mississippi’s southern
Mississippi? border.
A. the Canyons, the Delta, the Hills, and A. Gulf of Mexico
the Gulf Coast B. Mississippi River
B. Delta, the Hills, Piney Woods, and the C. Natchez Trace Parkway
Gulf Coast
D. Pearl River
C. Delta, the Hills, New England, and the
Cumberland Gap

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299. When the French landed in Mississippi in
D. none of above 1699, what was the location of that land-
ing?
294. How can archeologists tell that the Mis-
A. Jackson
sissippi people had a diverse trading net-
work? B. Ship Island
A. Items that were not natural to the area C. Vicksburg
were found, like shells, obsidian, copper, D. Natchez
and mica.
B. Maps were found that showed very de- 300. is divided into seven regions
tailed trade routes. A. Mississippi
C. Evidence showed that canoes were B. The United States
used all over the rivers to trade goods like
shells, obsidian, copper, and mica. 301. From its beginning, Mississippi seemed
destined to be an agricultural sate with the
D. Native Americans wrote down stories growing season ranging form 270 days in
that told us about it. the Northern part and 210 days along the
295. Where were the Mississippian’s located? Gulf Coast,
A. Southeast US A. True
B. Along the Mississippi River B. False
C. Illinois 302. which mississippi tonw is closest to ten-
D. Mexico nessee

296. The Mississippi River system includes A. southhaven

A. 31 states and 2 Canadian provinces B. carmack

B. 3 states C. little boys
C. 15 states and 3 Mexican regions D. jacksons
D. 7 states 303. Which city in Mississippi is located just to
the south 8 miles from Memphis?
297. once every 4 years this ballet competi-
tion is brought to Jackson, MS. A. Brookhaven
A. USA International Ballet Competition B. New Albany
B. Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi C. Oxford
C. Ballad D. Southaven
D. Mississippi Blues Commission E. McComb

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304. Which state first seceded that led Missis- 308. The first European settlement in Missis-
sippi to declare secession? sippi was in present day

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A. Louisiana A. BI lo system
B. Alabama B. Gulfport
C. South Carolina C. Ocean Springs
D. Georgia D. Pascagoula

305. What body of water forms much of Mis- 309. the author of Mississippi Solo traveled
sissippi’s western border? down the river in a river boat.
A. Gulf of Mexico A. false
B. Yazoo River B. true

C. Mississippi River 310. TRUE OR FALSE:The Mississippi River is

D. Pacific Ocean the third longest river in the United States.
A. True
306. Which major city east of the Mississippi
B. False
River is highlighted?
311. Where did the film take place?
A. Alabama
B. Mississippi
C. Georgia
D. none of above

312. After the Revolutionary War ended in

1783, who gained control of Mississippi?
A. Mississippi
B. Native Americans
C. Enslaved Africans
A. New Orleans D. The United States
B. Miami
313. Which river forms the southern border of
C. Boston Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois?
D. New York City

307. Eddy Harris is

A. the author of “Mississippi Solo”
B. someone who talks to fish
C. someone who knows the author of
“Mississippi Solo”
D. a person who is afraid to ever ride A. Mississippi
along a river again B. Ohio

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314. The nickname for Mississippi is what? 320. Who is the current Governor of Missis-
A. The Saints sippi?
B. The Party State A. Phil Bryant
C. The Magnolia State B. Phillip Gunn
D. The Lame State C. Tate Reeves
D. Delbert Hosemann
315. The largest city in Mississippi is
321. Some early tribes in Mississippi used a

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A. Clinton
method of diving below the surface of wa-
B. Jackson ter, reaching into sunken holes to catch
C. Vicksburg fish. This method is called
D. Terry A. Since
316. Which is NOT a popular landmark for Mis- B. Shadow casting
sissippi? C. Calumet
A. Mississippi Museum D. Grabbling
B. Natchez Traceway 322. The author of Mississippi Solo is
C. Fine Arts Museum A. Eddie Murphy
D. Biloxi Lighthouse B. Eddy Patterson
317. Which flag is the Mississippi State flag? C. Eddie Harris
D. Eddy Harris
A.
323. How many capital cities has Mississippi
had?
B. A. Three
B. Four

318. What is the best estimate for the popula- C. Five

tion of Mississippi in 1990? D. Six
A. 2, 600, 000 324. The is the major body of water for
B. 2, 100, 000 the western United States.
C. 1, 600, 000 A. Pacific Ocean
D. 1, 200, 000 B. Atlantic Ocean
E. 800, 000 C. Mississippi River
D. Colorado River
319. The lowest temperature ever recorded in
Mississippi was in January 1966 when the 325. What sort of things did the Mississippi-
temperature plunged to ans worship?
A. -17 A. one God
B. -18 B. animals, plants, & nature
C. -19 C. the ocean
D. -20 D. Europeans

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326. How many rivers come out of the Missis- 330. African American student who enrolled at
sippi River? Ole Miss in 1962. Became the first African
American student at a major Mississippi

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A. 5
University while riots and unrest began to
B. 8 the point in which President JFK had to
C. 21 send the National Guard.
A. Bill Williams
D. 7
B. Henry III
327. French explorer of the Mississippi River C. Martin Luther
who claimed the Mississippi River Valley,
Louisiana D. James Meredith

331. How did the spread of white settlements

impact Native Americans?
A. They lost their lands and were forced
to live on reservations.
B. They were educated in settlement
schools.
C. They moved to areas east of the Mis-
sissippi.
D. They lived peacefully among the white
A. Louis XIV settlers.

B. Louis Jolliet 332. One of the main goals of the Union army
was to capture the and split the south.
C. Robert La Salle
A. Confederacy
D. Jacques Marquette
B. Vicksburg
328. Mississippi is bordered on the northwest C. Natchez
by the state of
D. Mississippi River
A. Arkansas E. liberator
B. Florida
333. Which state below does NOT border the
C. California Mississippi River?
D. Texas

329. Which city is not located on the East side

of Mississippi?
A. Laurel
B. Natchez
C. Corinth
D. Forest
E. BI lo system

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A. Wisconsin B. m.s.
B. Illinois C. M.S.
C. Alabama D. Ms.
D. Mississippi 338. All of the following are branches of gov-
E. Kentucky ernment in Mississippi EXCEPT
A. Executive
334. Our American flag with its 13 stripes
B. bicameral

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(one for each of the original colonies) and
50 stars (one for each state) symbolizes C. Legislative
D. Judicial
339. What events that led to the secession of
southern states, including Mississippi
A. slavery
B. constitutional
C. cultural
D. economic
E. election of Abraham Lincoln
A. the World 340. The (a) was the largest and most com-
B. Poverty plex of all ancient Tennessee civilizations.
However, it didn’t last the longest. It was
C. Mississippi only around from (b) to (c) .
D. Freedom A. a Mississippian Indians
335. What is a good estimate for the popula- B. b 1, 000 AD
tion of Mississippi in 1980? C. c 1, 500 AD
A. 2, 500, 000 D. Woodland Indians
B. 2, 000, 000 341. From 1930 to 1980, the population of
C. 1, 500, 000 Mississippi
D. 3, 000, 000

336. Mississippi has members in the U.S.

House of Representatives.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
A. increased by less than 100, 000
D. 4
B. increased by approximately 500, 000
337. What is Mississippi’s postal abbrevia- C. increased by approximately 1, 000,
tion? 000
A. MS D. decreased by approximately 500, 000

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342. What is the name of the Mississippi state 347. What is the capital of Mississippi?
Captial? A. Jackson

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A. Jackson B. Greenville
B. Mound Bayou C. Memphis
C. Cleveland D. BI lo system
D. Shaw E. Birmingham

343. Which statement best describes interac- 348. How much of Mississippi is covered by
tion among members of the Mississippian forests?
civilization? A. one third
A. They were self-sufficient. B. one half
B. Their civilization ended due to fighting C. three fourths
between tribes. D. none
C. The arrival of Europeans was benefi-
349. What body of water does the Mississippi
cial for them.
River empty into?
D. They developed widespread trade
A. Pacific Ocean
routes.
B. Gulf of Mexico
344. What type of weapons/tools did the Mis- C. Mississippi
sissippians have to meet the needs of their
daily lives? D. none of above

A. bow and arrow 350. The Mississippi River begins in and

ends in
B. cannons
A. Road cancer, ah bama
C. hammers
B. Minnesota, Louisiana
D. riffles
C. Wisconsin, Louisiana
345. The normal annual temperature for Mis- D. Minnesota, Mississippi
sissippi is
351. Where does the Mississippi River end?
A. 32
A. Hudson Bay
B. 62
B. Gulf of Mexico
C. 42
C. Arabian Gulf
D. 52
D. none of above
346. The river Mississippi borders the follow- 352. Which of the following cities is located
ing states except along the Mississippi River?
A. Minnesota A. Memphis, Tennessee
B. Enough B. Atlanta, Georgia
C. The Angels C. Los Angeles, California
D. Louisiana. D. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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353. Which two rivers combine to form the C. Smokey Mountain Scenic Route.
Ohio River?
D. Natchez Trace Parkway.
A. Mississippi
B. Allegheny 358. What was General Grant’s main focus in
coming to Mississippi?
C. Monongahela
A. To establish a new government
D. St. Lawrence
B. To end slavery

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354. What is Mississippi’s state nickname?
C. To negotiate a peace treaty
A. The Civil State
B. The American State D. To control the MS River

C. The Magnolia State 359. What did every boy in the small villages
D. The Hillbilly State along the Mississippi in the 1800s want
to be?
355. How many bridges are there across the
Mississippi river at Vicksburg? A. a steamboatman
B. a clown
C. a pirate
D. a wharfsman

360. What is the capital of Mississippi?

A. Jackson
A. one B. Yazoo City
B. two C. BI lo system
C. three
D. none of above
D. none of above
361. True or False? In Mississippian cul-
356. Which road connected the Mississippi
ture, people were often buried inside of
River to Nashville?
mounds.
A. Natchez Trace
A. True
B. Santa Fe Trail
B. False
C. I-55
D. Chisolm Trail 362. Which city is known to be home to the
Mississippi River Delta Pecans?
357. An old Indian trail that was used by
European and American settlers and is A. Clarksdale
presently a National parkway that crosses B. Greenwood
through Mississippi into Tennessee is
called C. Indianola
A. Route 66. D. Cleveland
B. Shiloh National Park. E. Greenville

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363. The caption is important to this selection 368. Who most likely did all the farming and
because it truly hard work in the Mississippian civi-
lization?

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A. states the title of the map
B. gives additional information about the A. elite families
Mississippi River watershed B. commoners
C. tells the location of the Mississippi C. priests
River watershed
D. military leaders
D. describes the species of birds that live
in the Mississippi River watershed 369. The state of Mississippi is about 350
miles long
364. Which city in Mississippi is known for its
furniture manufacturing? A. North to South
A. Hattiesburg B. East to West
B. Spot on
370. Which civilization does the red location
C. BI lo system represent on the map?
D. Jackson
365. One of the main areas used for shipping
goods to other parts of the world during
the early years of the Mississippi Territory
was located in the city of
A. Washington, MS
B. Natchez, MS
C. Jackson, MS
D. New Orleans, LA
366. Which Native American tribes have
reestablished their presence in Missis-
A. Mississippians
sippi?
A. Apache and Navajo B. Mayans

B. Choctaw and Chickasaw C. incans

C. Sioux and Cheyenne D. Aztecs
D. Creek and Cherokee 371. What is the central idea of the passage?
367. The Peoples, including the Cherokee, A. The Mississippi River is one of the
Choctaw, and Cherokee, descended from great rivers of North America.
the Mississippians and built cities around
B. The Mississippi River has a massive
a central square.
watershed with four other great rivers.
A. Southwestern
C. The Mississippi River flows through
B. Anasazi ten states in the United States.
C. Waxahatchee D. The Mississippi River has a varied and
D. Southeastern interesting culture.

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372. True or False:The Union troops were 377. In what year did Mississippi become a
never fully able to capture the Mississippi state?
capital of Jackson. A. 1800
A. True B. 1817
B. False C. 1815

373. The population of Mississippi (2016) is D. 1820

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378. The Mississippians included what in their
A. 2, 988, 726 diet? Choose two
B. 2, 888, 726 A. cheese
C. 2, 788, 726 B. ducks
D. 2, 988, 700 C. worms
D. turtles
374. Where is the Mississippi River located?:
379. All of the following Native American
A. North America
tribes lived in Mississippi when the Euro-
B. South Africa pean explorers arrived except
C. Middle East A. Choctaw
D. Australia B. Natchez
C. Apache
375. James Thomas Bell was the first African-
American to be voted into what major mu- D. Chickasaw
seum? 380. True or false:The Mississippi River flows
A. Professional Football Hall of Fame through 10 states.
B. Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
C. Professional Basketball Hall of Fame
D. Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

376. Choose the correct option

A. True
A. Mississippi B. False
B. Louisiana
381. What reasons were given for seceding in
C. Arkansas the Mississippi Declaration of Secession?
D. Iowa A. Conflicts over cultural differences

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B. Disagreements over land boundaries A. Louisiana

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D. Protect and continue slavery C. Mississippi
D. Arkansas
382. Which of the following was a coeduca-
tional state teachers’ college for blacks? 387. Each Mississippian Civilization was led by
A. Jackson College a chief.
B. State Normal School A. true

C. Tougaloo College B. false

D. The University of Mississippi 388. What is the state Mississippi largest

city?
383. How long is the Mississippi River?
A. Yazoo City
A. 2, 350 miles B. Greenville
B. 1, 500 miles C. Clarksdale
C. 4, 400 miles D. Jackson
D. 6, 800 yards
389. What is the state abbreviation for Mis-
E. 15, 200 inches sissippi?
384. Mississippi Solo is an example of what A. MI
type of prose? B. MA
A. autobiography C. MP
B. memoir D. MS
C. excerpt 390. The Mississippians employed multi-
D. personal narrative cropping. What is this practice?
A. planting crops all together
385. The most popular sport among Missis-
sippi Indians. B. planting one crop, harvesting it then
planting another one
A. Lacrosse
C. planting one crop, harvesting it and
B. Stickball then you wait for the next season
C. Baseball D. planting one crop and waiting till the
D. Football next year to harvest it

386. What state is colored in? 391. The Mississippians were particularly
good at
A. leveling hills for terrace farming.
B. creating numbering and writing sys-
tems.
C. building mounds and trading.
D. designing irrigation systems and
canals.

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392. Which tribe in Mississippi was known for C. Maybe it’s conserving and managing
their skilled warriors and participation in natural resources?
intertribal conflicts? D. Or is it providing quality education for
A. Chickasaw all students?
B. Natchez 397. Which of the following groups of people
C. French did not make land claims on the Mississippi
River?
D. Choctaw

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A. The Native Americans
393. In December of 1860, became the
B. The Europeans
first state to secede.
C. The Americans
A. Alabama
D. The Vikings
B. California
C. South Carolina 398. What is the name of this state that bor-
ders the Mississippi River?
D. Virginia
E. Mississippi

394. Mississippi borders which states?

A. Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Maine
B. Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Mis-
souri
A. Arkansas
C. South Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Min-
nesota B. Kentucky
D. Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, C. Tennessee
Arkansas D. Mississippi
395. Saint Paul is the capital of which state? E. Louisiana
A. road cancer 399. What is the name of the state you live
B. Minnesota in?
C. Mississippi A. Yazoo City

D. Massachusetts B. Jackson
C. Mississippi
396. Imagine Scarlett, Abigail, and Avery are
on a quest to discover the main goal of D. Bentonia
the Mississippi Department of Education 400. Into how many subregions is the United
(MDE). Can you help them out? States east of the Mississippi divided?
A. Is it coordinating and responding to A. 5
emergencies and disasters?
B. 4
B. Could it be promoting self-sufficiency
and supporting vulnerable individuals and C. 3
families? D. 2

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401. Which mineral is mined in Mississippi? C. Natchez Mounds

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B. Coal
405. What is the largest port in Mississippi?
C. Lignite
A. Port of Gulfport
D. Gold
B. Port of Jackson
402. What borders Mississippi? C. Port of Pascagoula
A. Alabama, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New D. Port of Biloxi
Albany
B. Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, 406. What was the estimated crop loss in Mis-
Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico sissippi due to flooded farmland?
C. Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, A. $800 million
Florida B. $500 million
D. Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Ox- C. $320 million
ford, New Albany
D. $14 million
403. How do we know that “Mississippi Solo”
is a memoir? 407. Mississippi is the state.
A. Richest
B. Smallest
C. Poorest
D. Largest

408. “92% of American agricultural exports

are produced in the Mississippi River
basin.” In this sentence, exports means
A. goods produced in America but sold in
other countries.
B. goods produced in other countries
then sold in America

A. It uses first person pronouns such as C. calves bought in South America then
“I” and “me.” raised in the United States
B. It expresses the emotion of the main D. food that is traditionally served in Mex-
character. ico or Spain
C. It presents only factual information. 409. Who held the political and religious
D. It uses third person pronouns such as power in the Mississippian government?
“they, “ “he”, and “her.” A. emperor
404. The Coles Creek people built the B. chief
A. Mississippi Pyramids C. president
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410. Mississippi is located in which region of

the United States?
A. southeast
B. northeast
C. northwest
D. northeast
A. Minnesota

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411. Uncle Sam has become a symbolthat rep- B. Mississippi
resents
C. Missouri
D. road cancer

414. Known as the Devil’s Backbone

A. Louisiana Purchase
B. Tecumseh
C. Natchez Trace
D. Mississippi River

A. Patriotism the U.S. government 415. Who wrote Mississippi’s Declaration of

Secession?
B. Friendship between USA France
A. Jefferson Davis
C. Mississippi
B. Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (ii)
D. the 50 states of America
C. James George
412. What makes the Mississippi such an im- D. Abraham Lincoln
portant river?
A. It runs almost 4, 000 miles, passes 416. What kind of people were the Mississip-
through 5 states, and empties out into the pians NOT?
sea A. hunters
B. It runs almost 4, 000 miles, passes B. farmers
through ten states, and empties out into
California. C. sailors

C. It runs almost 4, 000 miles, passes D. merchants/traders

through ten states, and empties out into
417. What is the state bird of Mississippi?
the sea.
A. Finch
D. It runs almost 2, 000 miles, passes
through ten states, and empties out into B. Bluejay
the sea.
C. Mockingbird
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418. What is the mouth of the Mississippi 424. Mississippi’s most important farm prod-
River? ucts (choose two)

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A. Atlantic Ocean A. cotton
B. Pacific Ocean B. poultry
C. Hudson Bay C. eggs
D. Gulf of Mexico D. cattle
419. The Yazoo River is a tributary of the 425. The four states that border Mississippi
River. are:
A. Tallahatchie A. Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, Ken-
B. Coldwater tucky
C. Mississippi B. Alabama, Louisiana, Kentucky,
D. Pearl Arkansas
C. Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana,
420. Ancient people who built large dirt earth-
Arkansas
work communities throughout Mississippi
were called D. none of above
A. engineers. 426. What impact did European colonization
B. architects. have on the Native American tribes in Mis-
sissippi?
C. mound builders.
D. Celts. A. Preservation of native cultures
B. Introduction of new agricultural prac-
421. How long is the Mississippi River? tices
A. 1465 km C. No significant impact
B. 2536 km D. Forced relocation and loss of land
C. 3779 km
427. What is the main industry in Mississippi?
D. 2245 km
A. Fishing
422. The Mississippi Territory was created by
B. Agriculture
following rules set in the
A. Treaty of Paris 1763 C. Tourism

B. Treaty of Paris 1783 D. Mining

C. Treaty of Dancing Rabbit 428. Which side of Mississippi consisted of
D. Northwest Ordinance small farmers who wanted power?
A. West
423. Which famous musician from Mississippi
is called “The King”. B. East
A. B.B King 429. Which city was important in the Missis-
B. Martin Luther King sippian culture?
C. Elvis Presley A. Machu Picchu
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C. New York City 434. What would the Mississippians put on

D. Shaker Heights top of the mounds?
A. nothing, they were meant to stay bar-
430. The Civil War officially ended at when ren
Robert E Lee surrendered to Grant.
B. important buildings
A. Richmond, Virginia
C. homes of the commoners
B. Appamattox Courthouse D. gardens and fields

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C. Vicksburg, Mississippi
435. With an inexpensive method of ginning
D. Montgomery, Alabama available, the only thing necessary to
E. The Constitution make cotton the state’s major cash crop
was the development of a type of cotton
431. Which state DOES NOT border Missis- that would grow well in Mississippi. The
sippi? Gulf seed (developed by Dr. Rush
A. Arkansas Nutt) was ideally suited for Mississippi’s
climate. Within a few years, cotton be-
B. Louisiana came the
C. Tennessee A. Hemp
D. Alabama B. no
E. Florida
436. What is Twain feeling in this line from
432. Treaty allowing American use of the Mis- “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi”? As soon as
sissippi River I could get my voice I said apologetically,
“I have had no orders, sir.”
A. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
A. discomfort
B. Treaty of Paris
B. anger
C. Pinckney’s Treaty
437. With a Morrill Land Grant by congress,
D. Treaty of Versailles
which of the following colleges was estab-
433. What is #14? lished?
A. Tougaloo College
B. Jackson College
C. Mississippi A&M
D. Alcorn A&M

438. When was the population of Mississippi

closest to 1, 500, 000?

A. Tennessee
B. Mississippi
C. Alabama
D. Minnesota

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C. 1960
D. 2000

439. What is the largest city in Mississippi?

A. BI lo system
B. Jackson A. Louisiana
C. Hattiesburg B. Alabama
D. Gulfport C. Mississippi

440. What is the length of the Mississippi D. Florida

River?
445. What state is this?
A. 1, 500 miles
B. 3, 000 miles
C. 4, 500 miles
D. 2, 320 miles

441. What is the Mississippi State bird?

A. Eagle
A. road cancer
B. Blue Jay
B. Massachusetts
C. Mockingbird
C. Minnesota
D. Red bird
D. Mississippi
442. What is the head of the Mississippi gov-
ernment called? 446. What was the social club that Mr. Ander-
son Crashed?
A. governor
A. The Mississippi Hunting and Game
B. mayor Club
C. community organizer B. KKK
D. teacher
447. This popular game among Native Ameri-
443. Who did the Mississippians believe lived cans in Mississippi was known as “little
in the under world? brother of war.”
A. large animals and humans A. Stickball
B. giants and ogres B. Since
C. monsters and ghosts C. Soccer
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448. True or False? The Mississippians 454. All of the following were foods that Na-
weren’t able to grown much of anything tive Indians in Mississippi grew and ate
due to having infertile soil. EXCEPT
A. True A. Whale meat
B. False B. corn
C. squash
449. Choose the correct setting for the Missis-
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A. the setting is the beach. 455. The Missouri and Ohio Rivers are that
feed into the Mississippi River, adding to
B. the setting is on a river. its strength and volume.
C. the setting is on the moon A. locks
D. none of above B. seaways

450. True or False? The Mississippians had an C. tributaries

awful trading network. D. canals
A. True 456. Did Tennessee Williams grow up in Mis-
B. False sissippi?
A. Yes, he lived in Mississippi his whole
451. Where were the Mississippians located in life, and wrote about Southern Family Life
North America? and the South
A. near the Pacific Ocean B. No, he was born in MS and moved
B. along the Ohio & Mississippi River val- away, but he wrote about his happy times
leys in our state.

C. only in Illinois 457. At its deepest point, the Mississippi

River is
D. only in Mississippi
A. 15 centimeters
452. how long is the mississippi river B. 76 inches
A. 2500 miles C. 200 feet
B. 100 miles D. 3 miles
C. 1000 miles 458. What is the capital of Mississippi?
D. 2000 miles A. Hattiesburg

453. What body of water forms the southern B. Jackson

border of Mississippi? C. BI lo system
A. Gulf of Mexico D. Meridian
B. Mississippi River 459. Which is the largest tribe in Mississippi?
C. Atlantic Ocean A. Choctaw
D. Arkansas B. Chickasaw

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C. Natchez 464. What river is #3 on the map above?

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460. How many days does it take for a drop
of water to travel the entire length of the
Mississippi River?
A. 196 Days
B. 90 Days
C. 350 Days
A. Missouri River
D. 30 Days
B. Red River
461. Select all of the ways enslaved people
in Mississippi were impacted by the Civil C. Mississippi River
War. D. Snake River
A. Some became nurses in the Confeder-
ate battle camps. 465. What are the Indians, who built earth-
works throughout the Mississippi river
B. Some organized supply drives for the
valley to use as garbage dumps, commu-
Confederate military.
nities, and temples, called?
C. Some followed Union troops in order
to gain protection and food. A. Moundbuilders

D. Some considered themselves free B. Mohawks

after hearing about the Emancipation C. Lego people
Proclamation.
D. Cajuns
E. Some were out of work because of the
disruption of agriculture and the Southern
466. What city is named after a small group
economy.
of Mississippi Native Americans?
462. What is the capitol of Mississippi? A. BI lo system
A. Natchez
B. Waynesboro
B. Jackson
C. Chula
C. Vicksburg
D. Quitman
D. BI lo system

463. Mississippians sometimes settled on 467. What city in Mississippi is home to The
that overlooked a river or other body of University of Southern Mississippi?
water that offered added protection from A. Hattiesburg
floods and invasion.
B. Columbus
A. moats
B. bluffs C. Grenada

C. hills D. Greenwood
D. mountains E. Brookhaven

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468. Which French explorer claimed the Missis- 472. Which city is home to the graduates of
sippi river valley and the land that would Mississippi State University(MSU)
become Louisiana for France? A. Meridian
B. Starkville
C. Oxford
D. Laurel
E. Clarksdale

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473. Under Great Britain’s rule, land in the
northern part of Mississippi was used for

A. Egyptians
B. Hispanics
C. Native Americans
A. John Law
D. Enslaved Africans
B. Robert Livingston
474. Phil Bryant is the governor of Mississippi
C. The room
A. True
D. Bono
B. False
469. One the world’s busiest commercial wa- 475. Which one of the three Mississippi Indian
terways tribes that were around when the Euro-
A. Ontario lake peans first appeared is still here today and
is the biggest tribe in Mississippi?
B. Mississippi River
A. Choctaw
C. Gulf
B. Chickasaw
D. none of above C. Natchez
470. This group of people make up 37% of D. Yazoo
Mississippi’s population 476. What year did Mississippi become a
A. African Americans state?
B. Native Americans A. 1817
C. Hispanic People B. 1820
C. 1800
D. White People
D. 1830
471. Which country is the Mississippi River lo-
477. On which continent is the state of Missis-
cated in?
sippi located?
A. United States
A. North America
B. Canada B. Texas
C. Brazil C. Australia
D. Mexico D. Europe

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478. What is the name of this state that bor- B. Mississippi and Tennessee
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483. What way did the Mississippians prefer

to travel?
A. by water
B. by foot
C. by animal
A. Minnesota
D. by cart
B. Wisconsin
C. Iowa 484. The Mississippi River is located entirely
on which continent?
D. Illinois
A. North America
E. Missouri
B. Asia
479. One gold star on the flag represents C. Europe
A. One nation under God D. South America
B. One person in the White House
485. What is the name of the Natchez Indian
C. Life in Mississippi is great state park site located in Natchez, Missis-
D. Native American tribes sippi?
A. Geyser Falls Park
480. The four states that border Mississippi
are: B. Grand Village of the Natchez Indians
A. Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and C. The Greater Choctaw Community Park
Florida D. Natchez State Park
B. Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, and
486. What was Robert La Salle’s goal of his
Arkansas
exploring?
C. Louisiana, Arkansas, Tennessee, and
A. To travel all the way to headwaters of
Kentucky
the Mississippi.
D. Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, and
B. To find the best place to trap beavers.
Georgia
C. To find gold for France.
481. What is the state insect of Mississippi?
D. To create good relations with the Na-
A. honeybee tive People.
B. ladybug
487. Mississippi became the state in
C. butterfly 1817.
D. mosquito A. 10th
482. The Mississippi Territory inclueded the ar- B. 20th
eas that would later become the states of C. 30th
A. Louisiana and Mississippi D. 50th

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488. Where was the first French colonial capi- 494. Which side of Mississippi consisted of the
tal in Mississippi? city of Natchez and large plantation own-
A. BI lo system ers?
B. Natchez A. West
C. Vicksburg B. East
D. none of above
495. What did Grampa and Harlan do out of
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“respect” for Gramma?
ter to travel the length of the Mississippi
river. A. Laundry
A. False B. Not fight
B. True C. Go shopping
490. Which tribe in Mississippi practiced a mix D. Move to Mississippi
of farming, hunting, and gathering?
A. Chickasaw 496. Albany is the capital of
B. Natchez A. New York
C. Choctaw B. Indiana
D. Spanish
C. Mississippi
491. How did the Mississippi river influence
D. Maryland
the growth of cities in North America?
A. The river floods the continent annually 497. The sections that Mississippi is divided
leaving a rich layer of soil into are called
B. The river has a lot of fish species that
A. provinces
are sold to markets all over the world
C. The river was used for transporting B. counties
goods C. parishes
D. All of these D. burroughs
492. What is the capital city of Mississippi?
498. True or False.Great Britain was not in con-
A. Richmond
trol of Mississippi for very long.
B. Columbia
A. True
C. Nashville
D. Jackson B. False

493. A type of bread made with corn by the 499. Mississippi became a state on
Mississippi Choctaw Native Americans.
A. December 10, 1816.
A. Hominy
B. December 10, 1817.
B. Jalapeno Cornbread
C. Grits C. December 10, 1818.
D. Now D. December 10, 1819.

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500. Which of the following are nicknames for 506. Which of these states are part of West
the state of Mississippi? of the Mississippi

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A. The Hospitality State A. Montana
B. The Frontier State B. Oregon
C. The Natural State C. New York
D. The Magnolia State D. road cancer
501. The United States east of the Mississippi 507. The Mississippi River is the longest
is divided into how many parts? river in the world.
A. 4 A. ch
B. 3
B. 20th
C. 2
C. 40th
D. 6
D. 82nd
502. What element reveals that Mississippi
Solo is a memoir? 508. First A&M college for blacks in the coun-
try
A. Figurative language
A. Mississippi State
B. Sequence of events
B. Be Miss
C. First-person pronouns
C. Jackson State University
D. Sentence fragments
D. Acorn State University
503. The first state governor of Mississippi
was 509. The author of Mississippi Solo didn’t sur-
A. Winthrop Sargent. vive the storm.

B. John Stewes. A. false

C. W.C.C. Claiborne B. true

D. David Holmes. 510. What river system connects the Great
Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean?
504. What is the capitol of mississippi
A. Mississippi River
A. Jackson
B. Ohio River
B. Sacramento
C. Weatherford C. St. Lawrence Seaway

D. Mickey mouse land D. Gulf of Mexico

505. Mississippi River 511. Mississippi is in the part of the United

States.
A. longest river in Africa
A. North
B. longest river in Rhode Island
B. East
C. 2nd largest river in the United States
D. largest and longest river in C. West
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512. Of the following, which is not a reason 516. Which of the following is a major tribu-
Mississippi is vulnerable to flooding tary of the Mississippi River?
A. Some rivers overflow their banks into A. St Lawrence river
adjacent floodplains and wetlands B. Ohio River
B. MS many rivers wind slowly in great C. Indus River
loops and turns through soft soils
D. none of above
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517. Discovered the Mississippi and Arkansas
D. Spring time brings heavy rain and high
Rivers
water
A. Marquette and Joliet
513. Mississippi’s new flag was adopted B. The room
A. January 1, 2021 C. Soto
B. January 11, 2021 D. Marco Polo
C. January 12, 1965
518. In July of 1817, 48 delegates from all 14
D. January 11, 2024 counties in Mississippi met at Washington
for a convention to draft the new state’s
514. What is the state motto of Mississippi?
A. declaration
A. Power and weapons
B. preamble
B. Unity in diversity
C. contract
C. Strength and honor
D. constitution
D. By valor and arms
519. The only Democrat and African American
515. Which civilization does the green location U.S. Representative for Mississippi is
represent on the map? A. Bennie Thompson
B. Benny Thomas
C. Ben Thomas
D. Benjamin Thompson

520. Top crops of Mississippi include:

A. Corn, Potatoes, broccoli
B. blueberries, cabbage, cotton
C. onions, peaches, pears
D. cherries, apples, sugar

521. How many states bordered Mississippi?

A. Mississippians A. 6
B. Mayans B. 1
C. incans C. 3
D. Aztecs D. 4

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522. Along with a complex society, the Missis- 526. Which landform plays a role in forming
sippian Indians also had (a) that archeolo- the climates in the region west of the Mis-
gists have studied. These customs were sissippi River?

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different for the different levels of (b) . A. high mountains
A. a burial customs B. plains
B. b social status C. plateaus
C. commoners D. deserts
D. home
527. Why was it an important goal for the
E. elite Union to disrupt railroads in Mississippi?
523. How did New Orleans’ location help the A. They wanted to use the steel for Union
city grow? weapons.
A. Being at the mouth of the Mississippi B. They wanted to stop the transport of
River made it a busy trading center. supplies in the Confederacy.
B. They could use the water for the C. They wanted to make sure that en-
town’s people. slaved people could leave the Confeder-
C. High mountains blocked bad weather, acy.
helping it to attract people. D. They wanted to ensure civilian were
D. Being on the ocean enabled it to get not escaping punishment from the Union.
lots of fish to feed the people of the town. 528. Which city is one of the largest metropoli-
tan areas east of the Mississippi River?
524. What does Twain’s friend George Ritchie
like to do in “Cub Pilot on the Missis- A. The Angels
sippi”? B. Texas
A. tease Twain about Brown C. Fort Wayne
B. eat meals with Brown D. Chicago
525. Which picture represents the type of 529. Each member of the Mississippi REal Es-
home a Mississippian Indian would have tate Commission shall serve years
lived in? A. Two
B. Four
A. C. Five
D. Six
530. French fur trader who explored the Mis-
B. sissippi River with six other French adven-
turers

C.

D.

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A. Jacques Marquette C. MISS

B. George Washington D. MS
C. Robert La Salle 535. Which civilization had human sacrifices?
D. Louis Jolliet A. Mississippians
531. Mississippi’s abbreviation is MT. B. Mayans
C. incans

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D. Aztecs
E. All 4 Civilizations
536. The author uses a chronological organiza-
tional pattern in this selection in order to-
A. True
A. compare Eddy’s experience to the
B. False poem “My River”
532. What is Mississippi’s nickname? B. describe Eddy Harris’s life experience
A. The Southeast State C. explain details about Eddy’s childhood
B. The Jackson State D. provide reasons why the Mississippi
River is dangerous
C. The Magnolia State
537. How did the Mississippians obtain their
D. The Mardi Gras State
food sources? Select all answers that ap-
533. French missionary who explored the Mis- ply.
sissippi River with six other French adven- A. agriculture (farming)
turers B. gathering (picking)
C. hunting
D. fishing
538. During the 1950s, the U.S. and Canada
built locks between the Great Lakes and
into the St. Lawrence River, which are
known as what?
A. the St. Lawrence Seaway
B. the Erie Canal
A. Jacques Marquette C. the Mighty Mississippi
B. Robert La Salle D. the Gulf Stream
C. Pedro de Menendez de Aviles 539. Is this where Mississippi located?
D. Louis Jolliet

534. What is the correct abbreviation for Mis-

sissippi?
A. ms
B. miss

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A. No 546. Based on the structures they built and the

B. Yes layout of their settlements, by what other
name are Mississippian Indians known?

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540. The first Europeans to visit Mississippi
A. Cliff Dwellers
were the
B. the People of the Pueblo
A. French
C. Mound Builders
B. Spanish
C. Portuguese D. People of the Longhouse

D. British 547. What region is Mississippi located in?

541. The place which honors all of Missis- A. Pine Belt
sippi’s sports leaders is the B. Coastal Plains
A. Mississippi Hall of Crops C. Central Prairie
B. Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame D. The Delta
C. Mississippi Hall of Fishing and Hunting
548. Which civilization does the blue location
D. Mississippi Hall of Political Leaders represent on the map?
542. The United States east of the Mississippi
River is divided into four subregions
A. True
B. False
543. Tenochtitlan was the capital of the
A. Mississippians
B. Mayans
C. incans
D. Aztecs
544. Which was the mound-building civiliza-
tion? A. Mississippians
A. Mississippians B. Mayans
B. Mayans C. incans
C. incans D. Aztecs
D. Aztecs 549. “The Mississippi River is one of the
545. What 3 Louisiana Province districts later longest rivers in the world.” Which word
became territory in the state of Missis- or phrase in this sentence is a proper
sippi noun?
A. BI lo system A. Mississippi River
B. West Point B. river
C. Yazoo C. world
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550. What was the result from the battles be- 555. What state is this?
tween Hernando de Soto and the Missis-
sippians?
A. The Mississipians joined the Spanish
army
B. The Mississipians and Spanish came to
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C. The Spanish were beat and driven
from their land
D. The Mississipians beat the de Soto A. Alabama
army
B. Florida
551. What is the state nickname of Missis- C. Mississippi
sippi?
D. Arkansas
A. The Magnolia State
556. Which of the following is NOT one of the
B. The Hospitality State
major OVERALL economic industries found
C. The Bayou State East of the Mississippi River?
D. The Cotton State A. Finance

552. Which famous author is from Missis- B. Logging

sippi? C. Automobiles
A. Walter Payton D. Fishing
B. Richard Wright
557. What types of defenses did Mississippian
C. Dizzy Dean villages have?
D. Jerry Rice A. Moats/rivers and Palisade fences

553. What is the name of the river that flows B. stone walls
through Mississippi? C. They lived on mountain tops
A. Lazy River D. They built islands in the middle of lakes
B. Mississippi River
558. Life on the Mississippi can be identified
C. Missouri River as a memoir because it describes
D. Mississippi Reservoir A. the Mississippi River using vivid im-
agery & precise language
554. What state has the capital city of Little
Rock? B. roles that steamboat pilots played in
real historical events
A. Mississippi
C. author’s views & feelings about expe-
B. Louisiana riences on Mississippi
C. Tennessee
D. events may/may not have happened
D. Arkansas during the 19th century

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559. Where is the source of the Mississippi B. Committee

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A. Missouri
D. Original Juristiction
B. Minnesota
565. French explorer who explored the Mis-
C. Mississippi
sissippi River and claimed Louisiana for
D. Gulf of Mexico France
560. Eddy Harris is A. Louis Jolliet
A. someone who knows the author of B. Jacques Marquette
“Mississippi Solo” C. Pedro Menendez de Aviles
B. the author of “Mississippi Solo”
D. Robert La Salle
C. someone who talks to fish
566. In Mississippi Summers are and Win-
D. a person who is afraid to ever ride
ters are
along a river again
A. Hot, Cool
561. North America is now separated from
Asia by B. Average Temperature, Warm

A. the Atlantic Ocean C. Cold, Hot

B. Mississippi River D. Hot, Freezing

C. The Bering Straight 567. Where did Mississippians always build
D. Biloxi Bay their villages?
A. Near mountains
562. What body of water is on the western
side of Mississippi? B. Near cliffs
A. Lake Ponchartrain C. Next to rivers
B. Gulf of Mexico D. In valleys
C. Mississippi River
568. The Mississippi Territory was divided
D. There is no water on the eastern side. into which two states?
563. French fur trader who explored the Mis- A. Tennessee and Arkansas
sissippi river with six other French adven- B. Georgia and Alabama
turers
C. Louisiana and Mississippi
A. Louis Jolliet
D. Mississippi and Alabama
B. Pope
C. Robert La Salle 569. When did Mississippi celebrate its 200th
birthday?
D. Jacques Marquette
A. December 1817
564. A way for citizens to submit constitu-
B. December 1798
tional amendments to the Mississippi leg-
islature. C. December 2017
A. Ratify D. December 2018

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570. Who explored the Southeastern part of 574. The Mississippi River separates our state
the United States and Mississippi River? from
A. Vasco Nunez de Balboa A. Arkansas and Tennessee
B. Hernando De Soto B. Tennessee and Alabama
C. Christopher Columbus C. Arkansas and Louisiana
D. Vasco da Gama D. Tennessee and Louisiana
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571. What is Mississippi’s state tree?
live in?
A. Magnolia
A. MS
B. Oak
B. mississippi
C. Pine
C. Mississippi
D. Poplar
D. Mississippi
572. The French fort built at the present day
location of Natchez, Mississippi was 576. Which crops did Mississippian farmers
grow?
A. corn, quinoa, and potatoes
B. corn, beans, and squash
C. avocados, chili peppers, and potatoes
D. corn, oats, and wheat
577. The Mississippi Governor when the state
A. Fort Rosalie. seceded was
B. Fort Nogales. A. John Pemberton
C. Fort St. Pierre. B. John Pettus
D. Fort Maurepas. C. Tate Reeves
573. Why is the Mississippi Department of D. John Calhoun
Health important? E. Elvis Presley
A. The state protects kids’ right to go to
578. What river did the tribes come up to?
school and the highway patrol keeps the
roads safe. A. Mississippi
B. The Department of Health makes sure B. Mobile
the food we eat and the water we drink is C. Allegheny
safe. D. Colorado
C. News reports keep us posted on the
important changes during an event like 579. In “Cub Pilot on the Mississippi, “ George
the weather or if it is sage to drink the wa- Ealer, Ritchie’s boss, is the opposite of
ter. Brown. Which word describes George
Ealer?
D. A natural disaster is an event that hap-
pens because of something in nature like A. forgetful
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580. Select the fishing methods used by Na- 584. In what year did the population of Mis-
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A. Net fishing
B. Fly fishing
C. Stupefying
D. Fishing poles
E. Grabbling

581. The (a) were descendants of the (b) . A. 1900

They were also (c), like their ancestors be-
fore them. However, the Mississippian In- B. 1920
dians were labeled based on their location C. 1940
in the (d) valley and not for their building D. 1960
mounds.
E. 1980
A. a Mississippian Indians
585. What services does the Mississippi De-
B. b Woodland Indians
partment of Health (MSDH) provide?
C. c mound builders
A. Immunizations, disease prevention,
D. d Mississippi River health inspections, and vital records
B. Coordinating and responding to emer-
582. From 1980 to 2010, the population of
gencies and disasters
Mississippi
C. Child protective services, foster care,
adoption, and support for low-income fam-
ilies
D. Conserving and managing natural re-
sources

586. Which of the following can be said about

Native Americans?

A. gradually increased. A. They only settled in areas east of the

Mississippi River.
B. fluctuated.
B. They are indigenous to North America.
C. gradually decreased.
C. They settled North America following
D. remained stable (did not increase or the arrival of the Europeans.
decrease by more than 100, 000)
D. They wore clothing made of cotton.
583. Capital of Mississippi 587. What is the state bird of Mississippi?
A. Jackson A. Mockingbird
B. Montgomery B. Magnolia
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588. What does from Mississippi Solo have 593. Where in the United States does this
that is a clue that it is a memoir? story take place?
A. metaphors A. Idaho
B. good characters fighting bad charac- B. Texas
ters C. Mississippi
C. using the first person pronoun “I” be- D. New York
cause it is about personal experiences

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D. sentence fragments 594. Why was the Battle of Shiloh such an im-
portant victory for the Union?
589. What is Mississippi’s insect? A. It made food sources available to them
A. a honeybee on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
B. a poodle B. It helped ease the way into taking con-
C. a mosquito trol of rail lines in Corinth, Mississippi.

D. a wasp C. It allowed them to take total control of

supply factories in Starkville, Mississippi.
590. Mississippi’s first permanent settlement
was built in- D. none of above
A. Upper Louisiana.
595. What is true about the Louisiana pur-
B. Jackson. chase? (3)
C. BI lo system. A. It cost the United states 15 million dol-
D. France. lars.
B. It almost doubled the size of the United
591. Where is the river Mississippi located?
States.
A. Brazil
C. It gave the United States control of the
B. United states Mississippi River
C. Mexico D. It caused the Revolutionary War.
D. South Africa
596. What type of small shelters did the Mis-
592. How has the Mississippi population sissippian build as shelters?
changed from 1970 to 2010? A. wattle-and-daub
A. The population has decreased by 100, B. adobe huts
000
C. palisades
B. The population has decreased by 1,
000, 000 D. teepees

C. The population has increased by 500, 597. Why did the mounds of the Mississippi-
000 ans continue to grow?
D. The population has increased by 1, 000, A. they would build over the buildings on
000 top of the mounds
E. The population has increased by 2, 000, B. the new chief would make the mounds
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C. the chiefs of different tribes would 603. The largest body of water east of the
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D. the elites would bring rocks and miner- A. Pacific Ocean
als and would bury them B. Gulf of Mexico
598. How were corrupt leaders of Mississippi C. St. Lawrence River
replaced? D. Atlantic Ocean
A. Through an election
604. Which game was played by Mississippi-
B. They were all driven out of the state ans?
C. War was declared again A. Chungke
D. They left and made their own state B. Pok a Tok
599. Mississippi is bordered on the north by C. They did not play games
the state of D. Backgammon
A. Tennessee 605. How did the people of Mississippi barter
B. Alabama before there was money?
C. Florida A. They made necklaces out of beads and
D. Georgia traded them to people in other states such
as Alabama and Florida.
600. The correct abbreviation of Mississippi is B. They crossed the state line and work
for food.
A. Miss. C. They went fishing and shared their
B. Ms catch of the day.
C. MS D. none of above
D. Miss. 606. Who is the author of Mississippi Bridge?
601. Why is Emmett “Bobbo” Till in Missis- A. Max Ginsburg
sippi? B. Mildred Taylor
A. He lives there C. Patricia Stephens Due
B. He has a job there D. Dial Books
C. He stopped there on his way to Arizona E. bell hooks
D. He was visiting family 607. Where is Mississippi located on the map?
602. Which of the following cities IS NOT lo-
cated along the Mississippi River?
A. Boston, Massachusetts
B. Memphis, Tennessee
C. New Orleans, Louisiana
D. St. Louis, Missouri A. A
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C. C 612. What are names of the Native American

D. D Tribes from Mississippi?
E. E A. Natchez, Chotaw
608. How many counties are located in the B. Apple
State of Mississippi
C. Orange
A. 90
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C. 82
613. What is the population of Mississippi?
D. 75
609. A major river in Georgia that serves as
the Georgia-South Carolina border, is im-
portant to shipping, and along which the
first English settlements in Georgia were
established
A. Oconee River
B. Mississippi River
A. 2, 984, 926
C. Savannah River
D. Alcovy River B. 1

610. Who built the Fort Rosalie on the Missis- C. 100, 000
sippi River? D. 352
A. The Choctaw
B. The French 614. in which state does the Mississippi River
begin?
C. The Europeans
D. The Natchez A. Mississippi

611. The state flower ofMississippi is the B. Illinois

C. Ohio
D. Minnesota

615. Since Mississippians were evolving, they

had come up with a complex society to live
in. They created a form of social status
called (a) .
A. a Chiefdom
A. Red rose
B. Kingdom
B. Daisy
C. Tulip C. Communities
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616. The Mississippi Territory originally con- D. Illinois

tained land that later became part of what E. Missouri
other state?

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620. What were the three major Indian tribes
in Mississippi when the Europeans arrived
in the 1500’s?
A. Celts, Vikings, and Slavs
B. Apache, Sioux, and Cherokee
C. Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez
D. Yazoo, Biloxi, and Creek
A. Louisiana 621. What is the state flower of Mississippi?
B. Alabama A. Magnolia
C. Arkansas B. Blue Bonnet
D. Tennessee C. Daisy
617. Mississippian shelters, known as , D. Rose
were one-room houses made from inter-
woven sticks covered with clay or mud. 622. is divided into ten regions.
A. Teepees A. Mississippi
B. Wattle and daub B. The United States
C. Wigwams 623. Some settlers turned back when they
D. Longhouses reached the Mississippi River because they
were unwilling to seek new opportunities.
618. The first capital of Mississippi was
A. True
A. Washington
B. False
B. Jackson Explanation:The Mississippi River was too
C. Tupelo difficult to cross.
D. Memphis 624. traveled down the Mississippi River
from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mex-
619. What is the name of this state that bor-
ico.
ders the Mississippi River?
A. Gayoso
B. The room
C. Soto
D. Iberville

625. Who was the French explorer that trav-

eled the Mississippi river and claimed the
A. Minnesota entire Louisiana area for France?
B. Wisconsin A. The room
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C. Hernan Cortez B. to block sediment from reaching farm

D. Jay-Z fields
C. to stop erosion of rich sediment from
626. What are some things the state of Mis- the river
sissippi protects?
D. to change the course of the river
A. A natural disaster is an event that hap-
pens because of something in nature like 630. Mississippi has state and national
a hurricane. parks

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B. News reports keep us posted on the A. 1, 000
important changes during an event like
B. 32
the weather or if it safe to drink the wa-
ter. C. 45
C. The state protects kids’ right to go to D. 178
school and the highway patrol keeps the
631. Based on the text, what do Native peo-
roads safe.
ple from before the U.S. was a country and
D. The Department of Health makes sure people today who live near the Mississippi
the food we eat and water we drink is River have in common?
sage.
A. use of the Mississippi River to get fish
627. Which U.S. river is located at letter for eating
“D?”(Click the map to zoom in) B. dependence on the Mississippi River in
more than one way
C. building of large cities around the Mis-
sissippi River
D. none of above

632. In “Mississippi River”, the author actu-

ally, literally means that the river water
A. Rio Grande River
was talking to him like a human being
B. Colorado River would.
C. Mississippi River A. True
D. St. Lawrence B. False
628. how did mississippi law limit the activi- 633. Mississippi is a major resources of
ties of slaves industries-particularly the industry.
A. few rights used to restrict & protect A. coal
slaves
B. paper
B. there where no limits they already had
freedom C. petroleum
D. cotton
629. Why did the U.S. government build lev-
ees along the Mississippi River? 634. Which of the following is a branch in Mis-
A. to control flooding and reduce damage sissippi government?
to homes and crops A. micromanager

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B. bicameral 639. How are the carp getting through the var-
C. lessons ious dams on the Mississippi River?

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D. Judicial A. They jump over them
B. They squeeze through cracks in the
635. the gulf coast plain dam
A. texas C. The climb up the fish ladders meant for
B. new york other species
C. covers most of mississippi D. They get through when the gates open
to allow cargo ships to pass
D. carmack
640. It was raining and it had been all the day.
636. The Mississippi River passes through or
Fact, it had been raining for some weeks,
borders 10 US states. Which of the fol-
a steady, big drop kind of rain that had
lowing states does not border or contain
roads all slopped up outside and ceilings
the Mississippi River?
all swollen up and leaking inside.” Who is
A. Ohio credited with these words in Mississippi
B. Illinois Bridge
C. Iowa A. Lillian Jean
D. Missouri B. Rudine Johnson
C. Pa
637. What Is the Old Mississippi State Capi-
tal? D. Jeremy
A. Starkville E. Mr. John Wallace

B. Natchez 641. What are the two largest metropolitan

areas east of the Mississippi River?
C. Vicksburg
A. Atlanta and New York
D. Meridian
B. Detroit and Chicago
E. Jackson
C. New York and Chicago
638. What is the name of this state that bor-
D. New Orleans and Miami
ders the Mississippi River?
642. What is the capital of Mississippi?
A. Jackson
B. St. Paul
C. Jefferson City
D. Memphis
643. Mississippi’s population is about peo-
A. Arkansas ple.
B. Kentucky A. 1 million
C. Tennessee B. 200, 000
D. Mississippi C. 3 million
E. Louisiana D. 2 million

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644. What are the “2” safest cities in Missis- 649. Where does the Mississippi River end?
sippi
A. Puget Sound
A. Jackson
B. Pacific Ocean
B. Flowood
C. Hudson Bay
C. Madison
D. Gulf of Mexico
D. Brandon
E. Pearl E. Lake Superior

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645. Which U.S. river is located at letter 650. Who is the only Black Representative for
“E?”(Click the map to zoom in) Mississippi on the federal level?
A. Bennie Johnson
B. Bennie Thomas
C. Bennie Thompson
D. Benjamin Thomas

651. Which of the following is NOT one of the

A. Rio Grande River
major cities found East of the Mississippi
B. Ohio River River?
C. Mississippi River A. New Orleans
D. St. Lawrence
B. Chicago
646. Which civilization’s capital was Cahokia, C. New York City
the city of the Sun?
D. The Angels
A. Mississippians
B. Mayans 652. Which present day states were included
C. Incans in Mississippi?
D. Aztecs A. Mississippi

647. What county do you live in? B. Alabama

A. United States C. Georgia

B. Mississippi D. Tennessee
C. Walthall
653. What animal was a major source of food
D. Louisiana for ancient people in Mississippi and you
can still find bones of the animal in Missis-
648. Where did the first humans in North
sippi today?
America come from?
A. Asia A. Chickens

B. glaciers B. Bugs
C. Mississippi C. Mammoths
D. Alaska D. Cows

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654. first female college located in our nation B. Conserving and managing natural re-
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B. Mississippi State University C. Child protective services, foster care,
adoption, and support for low-income fam-
C. Jackson State University ilies
D. Harvard D. Coordinating and responding to emer-
gencies and disasters
655. Abbreviation for Mississippi
658. Which three main crops were grown in
the Mississippian civilization?
A. beans, butter, and ham
B. corn, beans, squash
C. coconut, cantaloupe, & corn
D. wheat, corn, squash

659. What is Mississippi’s state bird?

A. MS
B. MA
C. MI
D. MD
A. Robin
656. The author uses figurative language in B. Eagle
paragraph 4 to-
C. Falcon
A. illustrate what is felt like for Minn to
D. Mockingbird
being tossed against the boulders in the
river 660. What are the two largest metropolitan
B. demonstrate the sounds of the rushing areas east of the Mississippi River?
water of the rapids A. Philadelphia and New York
C. help the reader visualize the cawing of B. Boston and Chicago
the crows
C. New York and Chicago
D. help the reader understand why Minn
was having to travel down the Mississippi D. New York and Boston
River 661. The Mississippians traded often with
657. What does the Mississippi Department nearby civilizations. How did they trans-
of Health (MSDH) do to promote public port their goods?
health? A. They drove their goods to markets with
A. Immunizations, disease prevention, covered wagons.
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C. They built dug-out canoes and traveled 667. What rank does the Mississippi River oc-
along rivers. cupy about the longest river in the world?
D. They shipped their goods along rail- A. Third
roads. B. Fourth
662. The confluence of the Mississippi and C. Fifth
Ohio Rivers is located near Cairo, Illinois. D. Second
What does the word “confluence” mean?
668. What is the Mississippi State Capital?

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A. The junction of two major rivers
A. McComb
B. The area near a river which floods for
at least part of the year B. Grenada
C. A lake created by a river C. Oxford
D. The distance between two rivers D. Jackson
E. Hattiesburg
663. is the most productive agriculture
area of Mississippi. 669. Who is a Mississippi Artist?
A. The Delta A. Shakespeare
B. Tombigbee Hills B. Tennessee Williams
C. Flatwoods C. Kenny Rogers
D. Red Clay Hills D. Beyonce’

664. what is Jackson Mississippi named after? 670. What is the capital of Mississippi?

A. Mickey Mouse A. Jackson

B. Michael Jackson B. Falkner

C. Tippah
C. Andrew Jackson
D. Reeves
D. Ronald mick Jackson
671. Mississippians built these large dirt struc-
665. what are the two hurricanes that dev-
tures for religious activities, burials, and
asted mississippi?
elite homes.
A. anna and lori A. mounds
B. katrina and camille B. palasades
C. lebron and kobe C. cliff dwellings
D. camella and dora D. tepees
666. Which crop is the most important in Mis- 672. How many square miles of land does Mis-
sissippi’s agricultural economy? sissippi cover?
A. Corn A. 37, 689
B. Soybeans B. 47, 689
C. Wheat C. 57, 689
D. Cotton D. 67, 689

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673. carries more water to the Mississippi 678. How did the spread of white settlements
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A. The Ohio River A. They were educated in settlement
B. The St. Lawrence schools.

C. The Erie lake B. They lost their land and were forced to
live on reservations.
D. Missouri
C. They moved to areas east of the Mis-
674. Choose the correct option sissippi.
D. They lived peacefully among the white
settlers.

679. Mississippi Indians held an important cer-

emony each year just before fall harvest.
This happy festival was a time for for-
giving and arguments were often settled.
This was called what?
A. Mississippi
A. Green Acres Festival
B. Kentucky
B. tribal ceremonies
C. Iowa
C. Green Corn Ceremony
D. Missouri
D. Thanksgiving
675. According to statistics from the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 680. What is the population of Mississippi
(NOAA), Mississippi has the highest an- A. 2.976 million
nual precipitation with over 60 inches.
B. 23.345 million
Nevada with less than 10 inches, has the
lowest. C. 7.905 million
A. True D. 9.753 million
B. False 681. Which tribe in Mississippi resided primar-
ily in northeastern Mississippi?
676. What is Mississippi beverage?
A. Natchez
A. Apple Juice
B. Milk B. Spanish

C. Coca Cola C. Chickasaw

D. water D. Choctaw

677. What was the original name of the per- 682. What are the links between the Missis-
manent capital of Mississippi? sippi sites and the Mesoamerican sites?
Choose all that apply
A. Le Fluer’s Bluff
A. pottery with graphics of human sacri-
B. Natchez fice
C. Columbia B. evidence of ball games and sun wor-
D. none of above ship

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C. evidence of gold 687. The main crops grown by the Mississippi-

ans were
D. evidence of skull deformation
A. Rice, wheat, corn
E. evidence of hieroglyphs
B. Beans, wheat, fruit
683. Which state is shaded red in the picture? C. corn, beans, squash
D. Squash, maize, rice
688. how did slaves arrive in mississippi?

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A. by the french
B. by the indians
C. by trump
D. by native americans

A. Mississippi 689. In the 1680s, France claimed the land

drained by the river.
B. Missouri
A. Colorado
C. Minnesota
B. Missouri
D. road cancer C. Ohio
684. Mississippi’s coldest mont is , during D. Mississippi
the winter. 690. Which industry has seen significant
A. December growth in Mississippi in recent years?
B. January A. Coal mining industry
B. Fishing industry
C. March
C. Textile industry
D. February
D. Aerospace industry
685. The Mississippi River is located entirely 691. The capitol of the Confederacy was
in which nation? moved to
A. Australia A. Richmond, Virginia
B. The United States of America B. Jackson, Mississippi
C. Canada C. Montgomery, Alabama
D. Mexico D. New Orleans, Louisiana
E. Washington, DC
686. & were the two largest American
Indian groups in Mississippi. 692. The first female college located in our na-
tion
A. Choctaw and Chickasaw
A. Jefferson College
B. Natchez and Chickasaw B. Elizabeth Academy
C. Choctaw and Natchez C. Be Miss
D. Tunica and Biloxi D. Mississippi State

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693. By 1833, Mississippi’s cotton planta- B. animals, plants, & nature

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A. 70 million pounds of cotton
D. Near Michigan
B. 70 million pounds of corn
C. 70 million enslaved people 698. What river forms the western border of
D. 70 million pounds of peanuts our state and is our most important water-
way?
694. Mississippi is bordered on the east by the
state of A. The Gulf of Mexico

A. Alabama B. Pearl River

B. Louisiana C. Mississippi River
C. Arkansas D. Strong River
D. Texas
699. Which of the following countries DID NOT
695. The Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic have a claim at some point in Mississippi?
Ocean, border this state
A. France
B. Spain
C. Portugal
D. Great Britain

700. Mississippi leads the world in produc-

A. Massachusetts
tion.
B. Mississippi
A. furniture
C. Minnesota
D. Maryland B. steel
C. cotton
696. The four countries that ruled Mississippi
in the order that they ruled were: D. catfish
A. Great Britain, France, Spain, United
States 701. What animals did Spanish explorers, like
Hernando de Soto, bring to the America’s
B. France, Great Britain, United States,
and Mississippi that Indians had never
Spain
seen?
C. Spain, Great Britain, United States,
France A. Hogs and Horses

D. France, Great Britain, Spain, United B. T-Rex’s and Mammoths

States C. Lions and Tigers
697. What sort of things did the Mississippi- D. Chickens and Doves
ans worship?
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C. increased by approximately 1, 000,

000
D. decreased by approximately 500, 000

705. What is the state flower of Mississippi?

A. Tulip
B. Rose

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C. Marigold
A. Mississippi D. Magnolia
B. Boston, Massachusetts
706. Polar Dream and Mississippi Solo are
C. New York City’s harbor
both memoirs, which are similar to
D. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

703. What element shows that Mississippi

Solo is a memoir?

A. an autobiography
B. a biography

A. first-person pronouns (I/Me) C. a prefix

B. Verbs D. a root
C. Figurative Language 707. What word best describes the small vil-
D. Complete Sentences lages along the Mississippi when there
were no boats either approaching or in
704. From 1880 to 1940, the population of port?
Mississippi
A. sleepy
B. energetic
C. agitated
D. upbeat

708. The Mississippi River flows through and

creates a border with ten states.
A. increased by less than 100, 000 A. True
B. increased by approximately 500, 000 B. False

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709. What year was Mississippi State Univer- A. Counties

sity founded?
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A. 1826
C. Colonies
B. 1878
D. Parishes
C. 1901
D. 1922 715. How did the population of Mississippi
change from 1930 to 2010?
710. Into which river do the waters of the
Great Lakes flow? A. It has decreased by 500, 000
A. Ohio River B. It has decreased by 1, 000, 000
B. Mississippi River C. It has increased by 1, 000, 000
C. St. Lawrence River D. It has increased by 500, 000
D. Missouri River
716. What was the major river the French
711. What is the state fish of Mississippi? wanted to explore?
A. Rainbow trout A. Missouri
B. Bluegill B. Mississippi
C. Catfish
C. Arkansas
D. Largemouth bass
D. Truckee
712. The Mississippi River supplies millions of
people in more than 50 cities with the wa- 717. On your legend, what color is the Missis-
ter that it needs each day. sippi River in?
A. True A. Red
B. False B. Blue
713. What is the state bird of Mississippi? C. Orange
A. American Robin D. none of above
B. Cardinal
718. Why were the Mississippians located
C. Northern Mockingbird near rivers?
D. Blue Jay
A. trade
714. Mississippi is divided up into B. fish
C. water for crops
D. all of the above

719. The author of Mississippi Solo had a close

relationship with the river, so close that he
felt the river was a friend.
A. false
B. true

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720. In the family life of Native Mississippi- 725. Our knowledge of the Mississippian In-
ans, marriages were dian culture comes from which primary
A. Romantic sources (first-hand accounts)?

B. Professional A. children’s books

C. Idealist B. movies made about Mississippian cul-

ture
D. Political
C. textbooks written about Mississippian

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721. This state is to the East of Mississippi, culture
what state is this?
D. artifacts excavated from Mississippian
villages

726. The Mississippians lived in which climate

zone?
A. Polar
B. Temperate
A. Florida
C. Tropical
B. Alabama
D. none of above
C. Louisiana
D. Georgia 727. How many casinos were closed down
along the Mississippi due to the flooding?
722. The established the 1st permanent
A. 30
settlement in Mississippi in 1699.
B. 19
A. French
C. 13, 000
B. Germans
C. British D. 6 weeks

D. Russians 728. Zoe, Sophia, and Ethan are playing a

trivia game about U.S. state departments.
723. Tate Reeves is the governor of Missis- They stumbled upon a question:What is
sippi the role of the Mississippi Department of
A. True Human Services (MDHS)? Can you help
them?
B. False
A. Is it coordinating and responding to
724. Real Estate commissioners in Mississippi emergencies and disasters?
are
B. Or, is it promoting self-sufficiency and
A. Elected from each congressional dis- supporting vulnerable individuals and fam-
trict ilies?
B. Appointed by the secretary of State C. Maybe, it’s conserving and managing
C. Elected from each Parish on a rotating natural resources?
basis D. Or, could it be providing quality educa-
D. Appointed by the Governor tion for all students?

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729. Based on the graph, the best estimate of D. Georgia

the population of Mississippi in 2020 is E. NewYork

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734. What kind of people were the Mississip-
pians NOT?
A. hunters
B. farmers
C. sailors
D. fishermen
A. 1, 800, 000
735. Who were the three biggest Indian tribes
B. 2, 200, 000 in Mississippi when the Europeans finally
C. 3, 000, 000 arrived?
D. 4, 400, 000 A. Choctaw, Apache, and Hebrew
B. Aztec, Mayan, and Inca
730. Which Indian group was the first to meet
European explorers? C. Cherokee, Creek, and Seminoles
A. Mississippians D. Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Natchez
B. Paleo Indians 736. Visitors in Mississippi will find
C. Archaic Indians A. nothing to do with the Civil War
D. Woodland Indians B. ten national forests
731. Which country is the Mississippi River lo- C. the world’s largest man-made beach
cated in? D. many small homes but no mansions
A. Brazil 737. What state do we live in?
B. Mexico A. Walthall
C. Canada B. Mississippi
D. United States C. United States
732. How many states does the Mississippi D. America
River go through?
738. Where was the Mississippian culture lo-
A. 25 cated in North America?
B. 6 A. Canada
C. 10 B. Mexico
D. 38 C. southwestern United States
733. Who poured into the Mississippi terri- D. Midwest United States
tory? 739. how was changing the mississippi river
A. Carolinas harmful
B. Virginia A. loss of animal life, plant life and land
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740. James Meredith became a student at 744. Which river is the boundary for the East-
in ern region in the US?
A. Ole Miss in 1963 A. Mississippi River
B. Ole Miss in 1962 B. Ohio River
C. Mississippi State In 1963 C. St. Lawrence Seaway
D. University of Southern Mississippi in D. Erie Canal
1962
745. Which ways were means of shipping cot-

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741. The United States capitol building symbol- ton to other states?
izes A. Mississippi River
B. Railroads
C. Airplanes
D. none of above

746. In what year did the population of Mis-

sissippi first exceed 3, 000, 000?

A. Congress our democratic government

B. the Presidents
C. Liberty (freedom) hope
D. Mississippi its governor

742. What clue or inference in Mississippi Solo

suggests something about the author’s A. 1900
past?
B. 1920
A. “Too many marvelous days in a row
C. 1940
and you begin to get used to it.”
D. 1960
B. “I guess I’d had enough hard days to
last me for a while.” E. The population of Mississippi has
never exceeded 3, 000, 000
C. “Each change had something to say,
and I listened to the river.” 747. Where were the Mississippians located?
D. “Nothing else mattered then. Going
someplace or not.”

743. The Mississippi River flows all the way

through the center of the United States un-
til is reaches this body of water
A. Gulf of Mexico
B. Atlantic Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
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B. B 752. What conclusion can you draw about the

Mississippi River based on paragraph 1?
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D. D
A. surface was clear so pilots could see
748. name the 7 states that are considered the bottom of river
apart of the deep south B. features were complex but could be in-
A. wyoming, florida, new mexico, terpreted by anyone
louisiana, memphis, ingomar, and new C. dimples were considered its most
albany beautiful feature
B. illinois, idaho, washington, union, ten- D. beauty attracted passengers, also hid
nessee, mississippi, and arizona dangerous obstacles
C. georgia, tennessee, mississippi, 753. It is recommended to swim in the Missis-
louisiana, alabama, south carolina, and sippi River.
arkansas
A. True
D. new mexico, nevada, arizona, maine,
boston, rhode island, and tennessee. B. False

749. What does the author describe in the sec- 754. In the Mississippian religion they be-
ond paragraph? lieved in

A. the way people today use the Missis- A. two gods

sippi River B. many gods
B. the path of the Mississippi Rive C. one god
C. the way Native peoples used the Mis- D. no gods
sissippi River
755. What hurricane struck the Mississippi
D. none of above Gulf Coast on August 17, 1969?
750. What were two people that lived in Mis- A. Hurricane Camille
sissippi B. Hurricane Katrina
A. Jim Henson, Oprah Winfrey C. Hurricane Emaiyah
B. John F Kennedy, Taylor swift D. Hurricane Chakierra
C. brad Pitt, tiger woods
756. Which river flows north and south and
D. Adele, bill Clinton dumps into the Gulf of Mexico?

751. What is one cultural practice of Native A. Mississippi River

American tribes in Mississippi? B. Ohio River
A. Basket weaving C. St. Lawrence Seaway
B. Pottery making D. Erie Canal
C. Both A and B
757. What is the name of this state that bor-
D. Neither A nor B ders the Mississippi River?

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762. The author of Coming of Age in Missis-

sippi is

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B. Wisconsin
C. Iowa
D. Illinois
E. Missouri
758. The flat farming land in the Mississippi
and Yazoo river basin land area that
stretches from Vicksburg to Memphis is
known as the A. Anne Frank

A. Delta. B. Ayn Rand

B. Reservoir. C. Anne Moody
C. Piney Woods. D. Anne Jackson
D. none of above
763. What are the two largest metropolitan
759. What rodeo goes on during the summer areas east of the Mississippi?
in Mississippi
A. The Angels
A. Black Rodeo
B. Chicago
B. Dixie National Rodeo
C. New York
C. Horse Rodeo
D. Oregano
D. National Rodeo
760. What state do you live in? 764. How many towns are in Mississippi?
A. Florida A. 857
B. Alabama B. 190
C. Mississippi C. 346
D. Louisiana D. 454
761. This was created so that new settlers
765. French missionary who explored the Mis-
could not come to Mississippi after the
sissippi River
French and Indian War
A. Treaty of Paris of 1763 A. Louis Jolliet

B. Black Codes B. Robert La Salle

C. Proclamation of 1763 C. Jacques Marquette
D. militia D. Junipero Serra

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766. Mississippians often made pottery and 772. Mississippi’s climate, which is rather sim-
jewelry with animal designs. ilar throughout the state, is a one.

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A. true A. subtropical
B. false B. humid
C. humid subtropical
767. What is Mississippi’s date of statehood?
(When did Mississippi become a state?) D. tropical

A. December 10, 1517 773. Discovered the modern day lands of

Arkansas, Georgia and Mississippi
B. December 10, 1617
A. The room
C. December 10, 1817
B. Christopher Columbus
D. December 10, 1917
C. Soto
768. Some plants found around the Mississippi D. Marquette and Joliet
include the following except
774. What is the source of the Mississippi
A. Coconut
River?
B. Sedges A. Lake Superior
C. Maple B. A hair road cancer
D. Ash. C. Lake Itasca
769. DeSoto was the first European explorer D. Lake Erie
to discover Native American settlements
775. What were the Mississippian mounds
in the Mississippi core area.
for?
A. True A. Religious and Social Activities
B. False B. Rolling down
770. Where does the Mississippi River begin? C. Observing the surrounding area
A. Minnesota D. Observing the stars
B. Alabama 776. What were the three major tribes in early
Mississippi?
C. Wisconsin
A. Choctaw
D. Gulf of Mexico
B. Chickasaw
771. What is the central idea of the selection? C. Paleo
A. The Mississippi River has the fourth D. Natchez
largest watershed in the world.
777. What is one crop Mississippi is known
B. The Mississippi River flows through
for?
ten different states.
A. Flowers
C. The Mississippi River is rich in Native
American history. B. Rice
D. The Mississippi River is one of the C. Cotton
great rivers of North America. D. Beans

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778. What was the state of Mississippi di- 783. Mississippi was the state of the
vided over? (2) United States.
A. slavery A. Taking
B. states’ rights B. 5th
C. French and Indian War C. 20th
D. The Revolutionary War D. 8th

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779. Which state is shaded red in the picture? 784. What is the main source of revenue for
Mississippi’s tourism industry?
A. The main source of revenue for Missis-
sippi’s tourism industry is hotel bookings.
B. The main source of revenue for Mis-
sissippi’s tourism industry is merchandise
sales.
C. The main source of revenue for Mis-
sissippi’s tourism industry is government
A. Mississippi funding.
B. Missouri D. The main source of revenue for Missis-
C. Minnesota sippi’s tourism industry is visitor spend-
ing.
D. road cancer
785. In 2000 the population of Mississippi
780. The Mississippi River is located entirely
was around
on which continent.
A. Europe
B. South Africa
C. North America
D. Other

781. Where does Marvis work? River

A. on a river A. 1, 800, 000
B. in Mississippi B. 2, 200, 000
C. on land and the river C. 2, 800, 000
D. on the Mississippi River D. 3, 400, 000

782. is the state that is the largest in land 786. Why was the 3rd United States Cavalry
area, west of the Mississippi River. significant to the state of Mississippi?
A. Hawaii A. It was the group of soldiers responsi-
ble for the eventual fall of Vicksburg.
B. Alaska
B. It was the first soldiers from the Union
C. Antarctica that entered the state after the Battle of
D. Colorado Shiloh.

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C. It was made up of many men of color 790. Who is the governor of Mississippi?
from the state who fought Confederate A. Obama
troops late in the war.

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B. Trump
D. It was the regiment of men responsi-
ble for telling enslaved people in Missis- C. Tate Reeves
sippi about their freedom. D. Edward Hughes
787. What is the name of this state that bor- 791. What year did the Mississippian culture
ders the Mississippi River? begin?
A. 900
B. 1200
C. 1500
D. 800
792. What is the responsibility of the Mis-
A. Minnesota sissippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries,
and Parks (MDWFP)?
B. Wisconsin
C. Iowa A. Providing quality education for all stu-
dents
D. Illinois
B. Conserving and managing natural re-
E. Missouri sources
788. Where did the Chickasaw people live in C. Coordinating and responding to emer-
Mississippi? gencies and disasters
A. the northern part D. Promoting self-sufficiency and sup-
B. the southern part porting vulnerable individuals and fami-
lies
C. the eastern part
D. the western part 793. The Mississippian Indians grew corn
(maize), squash, sunflowers, and beans.
789. Evelyn, Daniel, and Elijah are playing a
game of ‘Emergency Management’. They A. True
are discussing the role of the Mississippi B. False
Emergency Management Agency (MEMA)
in emergencies and disasters. Can you 794. What did Mississippians depend on most
help them understand what MEMA does? for survival?

A. Does it provide quality education for all A. environment

students? B. Europeans
B. Does it promote self-sufficiency and C. other tribes
support vulnerable individuals and fami- D. Walmart
lies?
C. Does it conserve and manage natural 795. Name the five Great Lakes.
resources? A. Huron Ontario Michigan Erie Superior
D. Or does it coordinate and respond to B. Upper Mississippi Ohio Missouri
emergencies and disasters? Huron

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796. Who did Bourbons attempt to attract to B. The average income per capita in Mis-
Mississippi? sissippi is $60, 000.
A. Chinese and African laborers C. The average income per capita in Mis-
B. Europeans and African laborers sissippi is $30, 000.

C. Europeans and Chinese laborers D. The average income per capita in Mis-
sissippi is $50, 000.
D. Able bodied Caucasians
800. What are the two largest metropolitan

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797. The state of Mississippi became a state areas east of the Mississippi River?
in what year?
A. New York and Fort Wayne
A. 1718
B. New York and Chicago
B. 1817
C. New York and Boston
C. 1877
D. Philadelphia and New York
D. 1807
801. Where were religious events held in the
798. How do we know that “Mississippi Solo”
Mississippian civilization?
is a memoir?(Choose 2)
A. at the bottom of mounds
B. on top of mounds
C. near the Mississippi River
D. at yo mama’s house

802. What is the name of this state that bor-

ders the Mississippi River?

A. It uses first person pronouns such as

A. Minnesota
“I” and “me.”
B. Wisconsin
B. It expresses the emotion of the main
character. C. Iowa
C. It tells about the writer’s personal ex- D. Illinois
periences. E. Missouri
D. It uses third person pronouns such as
“they, “ “he”, and “her.” 803. The Male population in Mississippi is
A. 58%
799. What is the average income per capita in
Mississippi? B. 48%

A. The average income per capita in Mis- C. 30%

sissippi is $43, 567. D. 62%

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804. Which U.S. river is located at letter 808. Which state is this?
“B?”(Click the map to zoom in)

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A. road cancer
A. Delta River B. Minnesota
B. Colorado River C. Mississippi
C. Mississippi River D. Massachusetts
D. Hudson River
809. First college for males located in Missis-
sippi.
805. Mississippi is located in what area of the
United States? A. Jefferson College
A. Southeastern B. Elizabeth Academy
B. Southwestern C. Be Miss
C. Northeastern D. State

D. Northwestern 810. What was the name that the original thir-
teen colonist named themselves?
806. The botanist who visited the Yuchi and
Creek Indian villages in the 1700s made A. The United States of America
connections between ceremonial court- B. Alaska
yards, ball fields, and winter council C. Mississippi
houses. He suggested that they might be
constructions of the Mississippian descen- D. Bering Land Bridge
dants.
811. What is the abbreviation for Mississippi?
A. Albert Gallatin
A. MS
B. William Bartram
B. MI
C. Hernando DeSoto
C. MO
D. Antoine Le Page du Pratz D. MP
807. Which tribe in Mississippi had a heredi- 812. What does Grampa ask every summer?
tary chief known as the Great Sun?
A. If Hiram wants to go to Disney
A. Chickasaw
B. If Hiram can move back to Mississippi
B. British
C. If Hiram could visit Mississippi for the
C. Natchez summer
D. Choctaw D. If Hiram has a girlfriend

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813. The United States east of the Mississippi 819. What is #13?
River is divided into 8 subregions.
A. True
B. False
Explanation:It is divided into 4 subre-
gions.

814. What state do you live in?

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A. Jackson
B. McComb A. Tennessee
B. Mississippi
C. Mississippi
C. Alabama
D. Summit
D. Minnesota
815. What region of the United States is Mis-
sissippi? 820. Fort Rosalie
A. was built by European soldiers
A. Northeast
B. remained a river for 50 years
B. Southeast
C. is a part of the Mississippi River
C. Midwest
D. remained a small French settlement
D. West for 50 years
816. Mississippi is made up of what type of 821. Which two rivers combine to form the
areas? Ohio River?
A. highlands and high areas A. Allegheny and Monongahela
B. lowlands and low areas B. Kentucky and Green
C. midlands and low lying area C. Mississippi and Missouri
D. none of above D. St. Lawrence and Allegheny

817. Which game was played by Mississippi- 822. This body of water borders Louisiana and
ans? Texas and includes ports in New Orleans
and Houston.
A. Since
A. Gulf of Mexico
B. Pok a Tok
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Chess
C. Salt Lake River
D. Backgammon
D. Mississippi River
818. Which of the following was appointed 823. What famous battle was fought in mis-
the governor of the Mississippi Territory? sissippi
A. David Sargent A. the battle of new orleans
B. Winthrop Holmes B. the battle of 500
C. Winthrop Sargent C. the civil war
D. David Holmes D. the battle of marathon

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824. Which agency focuses on preserving Mis- 829. What desires did Europeans have when
sissippi’s natural beauty and providing they came to Mississippi?
outdoor recreation opportunities?

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A. Gold and silver
A. Mississippi Department of Wildlife, B. low tariffs
Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP)
C. no slavery allowed
B. Mississippi Department of Health
(MSDH) D. safety from the Indians

C. Mississippi Department of Education 830. What is Mississippi’s state bird?

(MDE) A. Robin
D. Mississippi Department of Human Ser- B. Crow
vices (MDHS)
C. Chicken
825. What is the capitol of Mississippi? D. Mockingbird
A. Ridgeland
831. How many states does the Mississippi
B. Madison River touch?
C. Jackson A. 25
D. Canton B. 50
C. 10
826. What is the name of the region located
between Vicksburg and Memphis and be- D. 15
tween the Mississippi and Yazoo Rivers?
832. included in Mississippi’s first and second
A. The Gulf Coast constitutions
B. The Delta A. secession
C. The Pine Belt B. annexation
D. The Great Plain C. slavery
827. Many Mound Builders lived along which D. abolitionism
rivers? Pick two. 833. mississippi ranks what in size compari-
A. Mississippi River son among other states?
B. Colorado River A. 10th
C. Thames River B. 24th
D. Ohio River C. 32nd
D. 100th
828. What type of fish is Mississippi known
for? 834. What is the state tree of Mississippi?
A. Brim A. Magnolia tree
B. Catfish B. Pine tree
C. Goldfish C. Maple tree
D. Bass D. Oak tree

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