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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Texas
B Mississippi
C Florida
D Louisiana
E Alabama
Question #2
A Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
B Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
C For being the only man made port in the United States
D Being the first inland waterway in the world
E All these answer choices are correct
Question #3
A Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
B Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
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 New Orleans is the most important port in the region
Question #4
A Yacht racing and football
B NASCAR and baseball
C Volleyball and soccer
D Basketball and sport fishing
Question #5
A The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
B There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
C There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
D There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
E The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
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 The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
E Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
Question #7
A 90%
B 25%
C 85%
D 75%
E 50%
Question #8
A Southern Baptists
B Lutheranism
C Protestantism
D Catholicism
Question #9
A Spanish
B French
C African
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 The Great Salt Lake
B The Gulf of Mexico
C The Gulf of Tonkin
D Atlantic Ocean
E Lake Michigan
Question #12
A Louisiana Creoles
B Spanish Americans
C African-Americans
D French-Americans
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 Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
B People looking for high-paying jobs
C Europeans
D Small business owners
Question #15
A They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
B They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
C They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
D They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
Question #16
A Humid continental
B Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
C Subtropical hot steppe
D Humid subtropical
E Tropical savanna
Question #17
A Urbanization and periodic frosts
B Periodic frosts and increased international competition
C Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
D Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
Question #18
A In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
B The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
C The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
D The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
Question #19
A Buffalo Bayou
B The Coastal Shore
C Harris Bayou Channel
D The Kitty Hawk Marsh
E The Austin Channel
Question #20
A Long Lots
B Metes and Bounds
C Township and Range
D U.S. Public Lands Survey
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 Flooding
B Lightning
C Waterspouts
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 Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
D Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
Question #24
A The cruise ship industry
B Spring break tourism
C Surfing competitions
D Theme parks
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B Orlando, Florida
C Miami, Florida
D New Orleans, Louisiana
Question #26
A The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
B The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
C The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
D Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
Question #27
A Urban areas near the coast
B Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
C Open water
D Marshes and estuaries
E The inland cotton fields
Question #28
A Cosmopolitan
B Provincial
C Conservative
D Homogeneous
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Cigars
C Shrimp
D Petrochemicals
Question #30
A Phosphate
B Salt
C Xenon
D Petroleum
E Sulphur
Question #31
A We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
B Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D Sugar takes a full year to mature
E The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Question #32
A Louisiana
B Mississippi
C Texas
D Florida
Question #33
A The many marshes and humid weather
B The warm climate and beaches
C Disney Land and Epcot
D Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
Question #34
A Automobile
B Paper
C Orange juice concentrate
D Cigar
Question #35
A Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
B The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
C The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
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
