What place is thought to have been the center of a tremendous trade network stretching throughout the lower Mississippi River Valley between 2,000 B.C.-200 B.C.?

New Orleans
Poverty Point
Troyville-Coles Creek
Marksville

This economic theory was practiced by most European nations in the 17th and 18th centuries.

capitalism
mercantilism
communism
Marxism

What natural resource did early explorers NOT find in Louisiana?

gold
furs
fish
timber

Who was the appointed governor of Louisiana four times between 1701-1743?

Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d’Iberville
Jean Baptist Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
King Louis XIV
Hernando de Soto