7th Grade Exam Review

What is Mississippi's highest point of elevation?

What is Mississippi's most fertile region?

Fertile soil is necessary for crops to grow.

Tarrifs are taxes on imported goods that are designed to keep out competition.

There were North American societies present in Mississippi when Europeans and Africans arrived.

In the 1860 Presidential election, Lincoln was the Democratic candidate and Breckinridge was the Republican candidate.

The fauna is the animal life of an area.

Reconstruction was the process of reuniting the south with the north and occured from 1865-1877.

Which state borders Mississippi on its East?

What is the climate like in Mississippi?

The Freedmen's States Rights Group provided food, shelter, and education for the freedmen.

Natchez was the first capital of Mississippi.

Life was tough for a freed black person after the Civil War. Most were homeless, had no possessions, no jobs, etc.

Which of the 5 themes of Geography is where a place simply happens to be?

Miss. was important to "control" during the Civil War because if you controlled the state, you controlled the river.

Select the following that were problems facing the nation during Reconstruction.

Place is much more than WHERE a place is, but it describes what a location is LIKE..no two places on earth are the same!

General Grant was a Union general and led the Union to victory during the Battle of Shiloh.

The "redeemers" led to the downfall of the Republican party in Mississippi in the 1870's.

The Mississippi Constitution of 1868...

What were the two main causes of the Civil War?

The 4 geographical regions in Mississippi are: Piney Woods, Delta, Hills, and Gulf Coast.

The Spanish came to Mississippi seeking gold, silver, and wealth.

John C Calhoun was VP and was from South Carolina and encouraged nullification.

The 14th amendment made blacks full citizens of the nation and the state they lived in.

Mississippi's topography is mostly rolling hills.

Select all soil types in the "Hills" region of Mississippi.

The Civil War Started in 1851.

The north did not want slavery in the country while the south wanted to keep slavery because it was profitable.

The Constitution of 1890 was considered "white supremacy" because it made it nearly impossible for blacks to vote.

Suffrage means _______________

Where were the 1st shots of the Civil War fired?

Evaporation is when water turns from vapor back into liquid.

Snow is a form of precipitation.

The ________ amendment outlawed slavery throughout the USA.

Chickasaw, Chocctaw, Natchez, and Biloxi are a few of numerous native North American societies that lived in Miss.

The earliest explorers came to Mississippi searching for gold and silver and a route to Asia.

Mississippi became a state in _________

Vicksburg was an easy place to attack because of its low plains terrain.

Movement is when people, ideas, information, and products are in constant motion throughout the world.

Mississippi is located in the Gulf Coastal Plains region of the US.

Absolute location is locating a place using a coordinate system, GPS, etc.