LOUISIANA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCATION:

Louisiana is located in the southwest region of the united states of america.

Relative Location - The boardering states are Arkansas, Mississipi, and Texas.

 

 

 

 

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS:

Louisiana has a various selection of landforms among the state.

There are even parts of the state that are 8 feet below sea level (NEW ORLEANS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS:

White settlers in Louisiana found 

several Indian tribes of the Caddoan

confederacy,from at least

 five different language groups.

In 1990, about 495 Louisiana

residents spoke an American Indian

language at home.

Place-names from this heritage include

Coushatta, Natchitoches, and Ouachita.

and forever changed its character.

The American transformation the Louisiana

A wave of American politicians invaded

off a scramble for position between the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"History of the Louisiana cultures"

 

The Louisiana Purchase introduced

 a new cast of players to the territory,  

 

European-Creole cultures were coming  

 

 was beginning. More than a land deal,

 

 and the ways of life of the region.

 

the territory after the Purchase, setting

 

French, the Creoles and the new arrivals,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The state of louisiana has the best

 university in all the United States,

Louisiana State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXTERNAL LINKS:

#1 LSU.com

#2 NCAA.com

#3 ESPN.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCES:

#1.) www.Google.com

#2.) www.50states.com/louisian