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