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African-Americans 23,
29
alligator 5, 26, 27
Arkansas 24
Atchafalya River 27
bald eagle 1, 5
barges 8, 11, 14–15,
17
Baton Rouge 21,
24–25, 27
bayous 26
bison 19
black bear 9, 26
burial mounds 7
canal 13, 17
Chain of Rocks 17
confluence 16, 17
Coon Rapids 10
corn belt 9
cotton 14, 22–23, 24
Creoles 29
Gateway Arch 16
Great Plains 18, 19
Gulf of Mexico 4, 25,
26, 27
Hurricane Katrina 29
hydroelectricity 10
Illinois River 14
Lake Itasca 6, 8
Lake Pontchartrain 27
Louisiana 24, 25
mangrove 26
Memphis 22–23, 24
Mill City Museum,
Minneapolis 13
Minneapolis 2–3, 10,
11, 12–13
Minnesota 4, 6, 7
Minnesota River 12, 14
Mississippi River
cargo route 4,
14–15, 17
channel 5, 8, 11
course 4–5, 6, 8,
14, 16, 22, 26,
27
dams and locks 8,
10–11, 19
delta 26–27, 28–29
flooding 19, 20–21,
23, 27, 28, 29
Mississippi River cont’d
floodplain 4, 19
flyway 9
formation 5
levees 21, 29
Lower River 20–21,
22–23
recreation 6, 7, 10,
11
source 6
tourism 6, 15, 29
trade and industry
12–13, 17,
24–25, 27
Upper River 8–9, 10
wildlife 5, 7, 9, 11,
26, 27
Missouri River 4, 8, 9,
14, 18–19, 20
Montana 18
Morganza Spillway 21
mound builders 7
Native Americans 6–7,
15, 19
New Orleans 15, 21,
26, 27, 28–29
Ohio River 20, 22
oil 24–25
pioneers 16–17
pollution 25, 27
prairie 9, 19
raccoon 10, 26
reserves 6
reservoir 10, 11
Rocky Mountains 5, 18
sediment 8, 11, 19
silt 9
slavery 23
St. Anthony Falls 12
St. Louis 8, 10, 14,
16–17
St. Paul 12
steamboats 13, 15, 17
Tennessee 20, 24
tepee 19
tugboat 14, 15
water power 13
wildlife 5, 7, 9, 11,
26, 27
wing dam 11
Wisconsin River 14
Websites and Further Reading
Index
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Answers to Mississippi Quiz
1 1D, 2B, 3A, 4C, 5F, 6E. 2 Lake Itasca, Minneapolis, St. Louis,
Memphis, Baton Rouge, New Orleans. 3 False. The Missouri is
longer. 4 A North American beaver.
Websites
• www.riverworksdiscovery.org
Lively and informative site exploring
America’s waterways
• www.nps.gov/miss/forkids/index.htm
Fun facts and activities about the
Mississippi
• http://discovery.mnhs.org/forestfieldsfalls/
Interactive site exploring the history of
Minneapolis and its people
Further Reading
Adil, Janeen R. Mississippi River (Wonders
of the World). Weigl, 2013.
Marsico, Katie. The Mississippi River
(Social Studies Explorer). Cherry Lake
Pub., 2013.
Simon, Charnan. The Mighty Mississippi
(Geography of the World). The Child’s
World, Inc., 2014.