Chapter 6
Social Studies Study Guide
Definitions
Choose the word that
best fits the
definitions.
A low area of land that is covered
by water at least part of the year
 Minerals
 Swamp
 Bayou
 Strip mine
A low area of land that is covered
by water at least part of the year
Swamp
A natural material found in rock
 Minerals
 Jazz
 Hurricane
 Strip mine
A natural material found in rock
Minerals
A storm with heavy rains and high
winds
 Plantation
 Ancestor
 Tourist
 Hurricane
A storm with heavy rains and high
winds
Hurricane
A triangle-shaped area of land at
the end of a river
 swamp
 ancestor
 delta
 bayou
A triangle-shaped area of land at
the end of a river
delta
A stream that flows through a
swamp
 bayou
 tourist
 Plantation
 hurricane
A stream that flows through a
swamp
bayou
People who travel for fun
 jazz
 ancestor
 minerals
 tourists
People who travel for fun
tourists
A relative who lived long ago
 segregation
 ancestor
 strip mine
 jazz
A relative who lived long ago
ancestor
A place where minerals are scraped
from the surface of the ground
 segregation
 swamp
 hurricane
 strip mine
A place where minerals are scraped
from the surface of the ground
strip mine
New Orleans is the birthplace of this
type of music
 jazz
 segregation
 bayou
 plantation
New Orleans is the birthplace of this
type of music
jazz
A large farm
 strip mine
 bayou
 plantation
 hurricane
A large farm
plantation
Separation of people because of race
 plantation
 segregation
 jazz
 hurricane
Separation of people because of race
segregation
Why would you visit Everglades
National Park?
To see a space
shuttle launch?
To see more
than 300 kinds
of birds?
Why would you visit Everglades
National Park?
To see more
than 300 kinds
of birds!
Why did the civil rights
movement begin?
To protest
against
segregation?
To protest
against
pollution?
Why did the civil rights
movement begin?
To protest
against
segregation.
Which city is the “home of the
blues”?
New Orleans
Memphis
Which city is the “home of the
blues”?
Memphis
The people who first settled in
New Orleans came from…
France?
Canada?
The people who first settled in
New Orleans came from…
Canada!
Remember what these people are
interested in?
A geographer
A political
scientist
A historian
An economist
Be able to find these on a map…
 Everglades
National Park
 Coal mines
 Space shuttle
launches
 The “Home of the
Blues”
 Dixieland jazz and
Cajun food
 The “Birthplace of
Jazz”