MAAP Mississippi Studies 2

Question 1

Which famous blues musician known as the 'King of the Delta Blues' was born in Mississippi?

Accepted Answer

Robert Johnson

Answer

B.B. King

Answer

Muddy Waters

Answer

Little Richard

Question 2

What federal law signed in 1964 helped end racial segregation in Mississippi and across the South?

Accepted Answer

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer

Voting Rights Act

Answer

Reconstruction Acts

Answer

Equal Pay Act

Question 3

Which Mississippi-born author wrote 'The Sound and the Fury' and won the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Accepted Answer

William Faulkner

Answer

Eudora Welty

Answer

Richard Wright

Answer

Tennessee Williams

Question 4

Which Native American group originally inhabited much of what is now Mississippi before European colonization?

Accepted Answer

Choctaw

Answer

Cherokee

Answer

Creek

Answer

Seminole

Question 5

The Natchez Trace Parkway connects Natchez, Mississippi to which city in Tennessee?

Accepted Answer

Nashville

Answer

Memphis

Answer

Knoxville

Answer

Chattanooga

Question 6

Which coastal Mississippi city is known for its casinos and was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005?

Accepted Answer

Biloxi

Answer

Gulfport

Answer

Pascagoula

Answer

Ocean Springs