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