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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 For being the only man made port in the United States
B Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
C All these answer choices are correct
D Being the first inland waterway in the world
E Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
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 Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
E Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
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 enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
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 Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
C Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
D Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
E The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
Question #7
A 85%
B 90%
C 25%
D 75%
E 50%
Question #8
A Protestantism
B Catholicism
C Southern Baptists
D Lutheranism
Question #9
A Spanish
B English
C French
D African
Question #10
A Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
B Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
C Dry with miles of dunes.
D Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
Question #11
A Lake Michigan
B The Gulf of Mexico
C Atlantic Ocean
D The Great Salt Lake
E The Gulf of Tonkin
Question #12
A African-Americans
B Spanish Americans
C French-Americans
D Louisiana Creoles
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 Europeans
C Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
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 seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
D They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
Question #16
A Humid continental
B Subtropical hot steppe
C Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
D Humid subtropical
E Tropical savanna
Question #17
A Periodic frosts and increased international competition
B Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
C Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
D Urbanization and periodic frosts
Question #18
A The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
B In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
C The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
D The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
Question #19
A The Coastal Shore
B The Kitty Hawk Marsh
C Harris Bayou Channel
D The Austin Channel
E Buffalo Bayou
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Township and Range
C Long Lots
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 Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
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 Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
Question #24
A Theme parks
B The cruise ship industry
C Spring break tourism
D Surfing competitions
Question #25
A New Orleans, Louisiana
B Orlando, Florida
C Houston, Texas
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 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 Urban areas near the coast
B Marshes and estuaries
C Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
D Open water
E The inland cotton fields
Question #28
A Provincial
B Cosmopolitan
C Homogeneous
D Conservative
Question #29
A Cigars
B Shrimp
C Petrochemicals
D Citrus fruits
Question #30
A Petroleum
B Sulphur
C Salt
D Phosphate
E Xenon
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B Sugar takes a full year to mature
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
E The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Question #32
A Florida
B Texas
C Louisiana
D Mississippi
Question #33
A The warm climate and beaches
B Disney Land and Epcot
C Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
D The many marshes and humid weather
Question #34
A Paper
B Orange juice concentrate
C Automobile
D Cigar
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 Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
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
