Geography Vocab

Discussing the government or public affairs of a country is being _____

• Political

• Economic

• Culture

_____________ is located in Northern Louisiana and is known for its rich history in fishing, hiking, hunting and it's beautiful bayous where many of these sports take place.

• Sportsmans Paradise

• Longitude

• Cultures

Louisiana is known for its wide variety of _______ the way of life of a particular group of people, including their language, food, clothing, art, architecture, tools, beliefs, and traditions.

• Political

• Culture

• Economic

_______ is the wearing away of the land by wind, water, and tides.

• Erosion

• Social

• Bayou

_______ relating to society or its organization.

• Social

• Greater New Orleans

• Crossroads

A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake is called a ________.

• Political

• Cultures

• Tributary

_______ is an imaginary line that measures distances east and west of the prime meridian.

• Longitude

• Latitude

• The Prime Meridian

The word ______ is from the Choctaw word bayuk that means small stream.

• Bayou

• Bay

• Bauk

____________________ is located in SouthEast Louisiana and is known for its “New Orleans culture” and is home to the large port city of New Orleans.

• Greater New Orleans

• Plantation Country

• Cultural diffusion

_______ closely follows the Southern portion of the Mississippi River and is known for the many plantations that dominated the region’s geography and culture.

• Social

• Erosion

• Plantation Country