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