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GUIDED READING
A Place Called Mississippi
Chapter 12: Mississippi in the Global Village
Section 1
The People of Mississippi
Directions:
Use the information from pages 319 - 325 to complete the
following.
1. Since World War II, Mississippi's ______________________ has become increasingly
_________________________, and our _______________________ is increasingly
______________________ by ________________________ (changes) in the
__________________ marketplace. (Page 319)
2. The population of Mississippi is ___________ ___________________ distributed
across the state.
3. The two ________________ populations centers are the __________________
metropolitan area and the ____________ ___________________.
4. Since World War II, Mississippi's _________________ ____________________ has
increased significantly.
5. The term _________________ refers to a group of people with a common racial,
national, linguistic, and cultural heritage.
6. Mississippians now include ________________ Americans, _______________,
_________________, ________________ Americans, and persons of
_________________ or Latino origin.
7. The word _________________ refers to a person from Central or South America.
8. The Mississippi Band of __________________ Indians is highly successful in blending
modern culture with their own traditions and customs.
9. America is a nation of ____________________.
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10. The United States ___________________________ and ______________________
_______________________, an ____________________ within the Department of
___________________ __________________, oversees and facilitates the
_______________________ of immigrants who want to __________________
American ___________________.
11. ___________________ Mississippians trace their __________________ to a variety of
___________________ nations (England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Spain, Greece,
Germany, Slovenia, and the Netherlands) and to Lebanon.
12. Mississippi's 2010 ______________ population of 1,098,385 constituted approximately
____________ percent of the _________________ total ____________________.
13. Mississippi's ___________________ population came to the Delta in the early 1870s
as ______________ laborers.
14. Although the state's Chinese population has ___________________ in with
Mississippi's general population, they have ____________________ their cultural
___________________.
15. One ___________________ ethnic ______________ that settled in Mississippi –––
people of Hispanic or Latino origin ––– has _____________________ significantly in
recent years.
16. Although many Hispanics and Asians have moved to Mississippi during the last few
decades, most Mississippians speak __________________.
17. Nearly 70 percent of all Mississippians are ___________________, followed by
___________________, _____________________, and ____________________.