NEW ORLEANSLouisiana

TRIVIA

• Which game was invented in New Orleans?

TRIVIA

• Poker

TRIVIA

• Which river does New Orleans overlook?

TRIVIA

• The Mississippi River

TRIVIA

• Which annual festival is New Orleans famous for?

TRIVIA

• Mardi Gras

ARCHITECTURE

• New Orleans is famous for its architecture

• The city has almost every art style

• Huge French and Spanish influence

ARCHITECTURE• The city center of New Orleans is called

the French Quarter

• The original architecture in New Orleans was built by the French in the early 1700s

GREAT NEW ORLEANS FIRE

• There was a huge city-wide fire in 1788 (and again in 1794) that destroyed most of the French architecture

• It destroyed 856 out of 1,100 structures

ARCHITECTURE• At the time of the fire, the Spanish

ruled over New Orleans

• The Spanish rebuilt the city with Spanish architecture

• Today, most of the “French Quarter” is actually Spanish architecture (most people don’t know)

FOOD

• Louisiana Creole people: descendants of the 18th-century colonial settlers of Louisiana (French, Spanish, and African descent)

GUMBO

JAMBALAYA

SHRIMP CREOLE

KING CAKE

HURRICANE KATRINA• Largest hurricane to ever happen in the

USA

• Almost 2,000 people died

• 80% of New Orleans was under water

JAZZ MUSIC

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk7bEcTFxRk

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRNkpGkT2Y