Navigation » List of Schools » California State University, Northridge » Geography » Geography 321 – The United States » 2019 » Chapter 10 Test The Coastal South
Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Alabama
B Mississippi
C Louisiana
D Texas
E Florida
Question #2
A For being the only man made port in the United States
B Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
C Being the first inland waterway in the world
D Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
E All these answer choices are correct
Question #3
A Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
B New Orleans is the most important port in the region
C Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
D The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
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 The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
B There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
C The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
D There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
E There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
Question #6
A Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
C Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
D Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
E The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
Question #7
A 25%
B 50%
C 75%
D 85%
E 90%
Question #8
A Lutheranism
B Protestantism
C Catholicism
D Southern Baptists
Question #9
A English
B French
C African
D Spanish
Question #10
A Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
B Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
C Dry with miles of dunes.
D Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
Question #11
A Atlantic Ocean
B The Great Salt Lake
C The Gulf of Mexico
D Lake Michigan
E The Gulf of Tonkin
Question #12
A African-Americans
B French-Americans
C Spanish Americans
D Louisiana Creoles
Question #13
A Coastal Texas
B The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
C Coastal Louisiana
D Coastal Florida and Mississippi
Question #14
A Europeans
B Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
C Small business owners
D People looking for high-paying jobs
Question #15
A They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
B They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
C They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
D They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
Question #16
A Humid subtropical
B Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
C Humid continental
D Tropical savanna
E Subtropical hot steppe
Question #17
A Periodic frosts and increased international competition
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
C Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
D Urbanization and periodic frosts
Question #18
A The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
B The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
C In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
D The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
Question #19
A Buffalo Bayou
B Harris Bayou Channel
C The Coastal Shore
D The Kitty Hawk Marsh
E The Austin Channel
Question #20
A Metes and Bounds
B Township and Range
C Long Lots
D U.S. Public Lands Survey
Question #21
A Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
B Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
C Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
D Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
Question #22
A Sharks
B Flooding
C Waterspouts
D Lightning
Question #23
A Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
B Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
C Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
D Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
Question #24
A Spring break tourism
B The cruise ship industry
C Surfing competitions
D Theme parks
Question #25
A New Orleans, Louisiana
B Miami, Florida
C Orlando, Florida
D Houston, Texas
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 Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
B Marshes and estuaries
C Open water
D The inland cotton fields
E Urban areas near the coast
Question #28
A Homogeneous
B Conservative
C Cosmopolitan
D Provincial
Question #29
A Shrimp
B Citrus fruits
C Petrochemicals
D Cigars
Question #30
A Petroleum
B Salt
C Xenon
D Sulphur
E Phosphate
Question #31
A Rice growing often involves irrigation
B We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
C Sugar takes a full year to mature
D Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
E The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Question #32
A Florida
B Mississippi
C Texas
D Louisiana
Question #33
A The many marshes and humid weather
B Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
C The warm climate and beaches
D Disney Land and Epcot
Question #34
A Paper
B Cigar
C Orange juice concentrate
D Automobile
Question #35
A The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
B The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
C Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
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
