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