Cultures of Louisiana Chart
Type / Acadians / Africans / Germans / Islenos / ItaliansCultural Region / Cajun Country / Plantation Country / Cajun Country, Plantation Country, Greater New Orleans / Greater New Orleans
Area / Greater New Orleans Area
Physical Region / Prairies Freshwater Marsh / MS Floodplain
Blufflands / Prairies flatwoods
Ms. Floodplain / Saltwater marsh
Ms. Floodplain / Flatwood, Long leaf pine
Body of Water / Atchafalaya
Gulf of Mexico / Mississippi
Bayou ST. John / Bayou DesKannes / Gulf of Mexico
Lake Bourgne / Tangipahoa River
Lake Pontchatrain
Natural Resources / Rice, oil, cattle, natural gas / Limestone fur sugar cane / Rice, lignite, aquaculture / Fruit fur fish agriculture / Strawberries, dairy, forest products
Push Factor / Exiled from Nova Scotia / Forced through slave trade / Wars in Germany / Came to become soldiers / Need of money
Pull Factor / Spanish invited them / Forced through slave trade / Invited by John Law and Bienville / Came to become soldiers / Work opportunities
Customs / Zydeco, crawfish boudin / Songs, gumbo, okra / Feast of St. Nicholas
Dec. 6 / Music Language / St. Joseph Alter
Economic Industries / Fishing agriculture cattle / Farming, blacksmith, carpenters silversmith / Farming, textiles, clothing, baking / Manufacturing, construction, farming
forestry / Agriculture
Interesting Fact / First group to raise cattle / Fiddle, banjo
Voo doo / Kept French from starving / Canary Islands, / Ribbons in wedding cakes
Type / Irish / Chinese / Vietnamese / Croatians
Cultural Region / Greater New Orleans Area
Sportsman’s Paradise / Greater New Orleans Area / Greater New Orleans Area
Cajun Country / Greater New Orleans Area
Physical Region / Blufflands,
Ms. Floodplain / MS Floodplain
Coastal plain / Saltwater Marsh / Saltwater and Freshwater Marshes
Body of Water / Mississippi River, Red River, Tensas River / MS River
Gulf of Mexico / Gulf of Mexico
Calcusieu Lake / Gulf of Mexico
Natural Resources / Cotton, oats, oil, lumber, fish / Oil, clay, fish, oysters, rice / Oil shrimp, fish, oyster, rice / Fur, oil, sulphur, oysters, fish
Push Factor / Potato Famine
Wars / Needed money
Population growth / Vietnam War / Move away from communist unfertile soil
Pull Factor / Work opportunities / Work opportunties / Seafood industry / Seafood industry
Customs / Kilts / Chinese New Year / Tet-Thrung-Thu
Mid Fall Festival / Say rosary for peace, traditional music
Economic Industries / Farming, dug canals, built roads / Shrimping manufacturing / Fishing and seafood industry / Needlework, Oyster Industry
Interesting Fact / Step-dancing,
Leprechaun / Lion Dance / 12,000 live in New Orleans
Children honor gods / They have special gardens
Cultures of Louisiana Chart
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Type / Irish / Chinese / Vietnamese / Croatians
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