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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Alabama
B Louisiana
C Texas
D Mississippi
E Florida
Question #2
A Being the first inland waterway in the world
B All these answer choices are correct
C Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
D Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
E For being the only man made port in the United States
Question #3
A Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
B New Orleans is the most important port in the region
C Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
D The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
E Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
Question #4
A Basketball and sport fishing
B Volleyball and soccer
C NASCAR and baseball
D Yacht racing and football
Question #5
A The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
B The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
C There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
D There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
E There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
Question #6
A Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
C Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
D The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
E Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
Question #7
A 90%
B 85%
C 50%
D 25%
E 75%
Question #8
A Southern Baptists
B Lutheranism
C Catholicism
D Protestantism
Question #9
A English
B Spanish
C African
D French
Question #10
A Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
B Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
C Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
D Dry with miles of dunes.
Question #11
A The Gulf of Tonkin
B The Great Salt Lake
C Lake Michigan
D The Gulf of Mexico
E Atlantic Ocean
Question #12
A Louisiana Creoles
B African-Americans
C Spanish Americans
D French-Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Texas
B The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
C Coastal Florida and Mississippi
D Coastal Louisiana
Question #14
A Europeans
B People looking for high-paying jobs
C Small business owners
D Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
Question #15
A They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
B They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
C They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
D They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
Question #16
A Subtropical hot steppe
B Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
C Tropical savanna
D Humid continental
E Humid subtropical
Question #17
A Urbanization and periodic frosts
B Periodic frosts and increased international competition
C Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
D Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
Question #18
A The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
B In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
C The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
D The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
Question #19
A The Coastal Shore
B The Kitty Hawk Marsh
C The Austin Channel
D Harris Bayou Channel
E Buffalo Bayou
Question #20
A Metes and Bounds
B Township and Range
C Long Lots
D U.S. Public Lands Survey
Question #21
A Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
B Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
C Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
D Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
Question #22
A Sharks
B Waterspouts
C Lightning
D Flooding
Question #23
A Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
B Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
C Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
D Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
Question #24
A Theme parks
B Spring break tourism
C Surfing competitions
D The cruise ship industry
Question #25
A New Orleans, Louisiana
B Miami, Florida
C Houston, Texas
D Orlando, Florida
Question #26
A The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
B Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
C The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
D The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
Question #27
A Urban areas near the coast
B The inland cotton fields
C Marshes and estuaries
D Open water
E Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
Question #28
A Cosmopolitan
B Provincial
C Homogeneous
D Conservative
Question #29
A Shrimp
B Petrochemicals
C Cigars
D Citrus fruits
Question #30
A Sulphur
B Petroleum
C Phosphate
D Xenon
E Salt
Question #31
A The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
B Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D Sugar takes a full year to mature
E We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
Question #32
A Louisiana
B Texas
C Florida
D Mississippi
Question #33
A Disney Land and Epcot
B Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
C The many marshes and humid weather
D The warm climate and beaches
Question #34
A Automobile
B Cigar
C Orange juice concentrate
D Paper
Question #35
A The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
B Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
C Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
D Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
E The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
