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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Mississippi
B Texas
C Louisiana
D Florida
E Alabama
Question #2
A Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
B For being the only man made port in the United States
C All these answer choices are correct
D Being the first inland waterway in the world
E Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
Question #3
A New Orleans is the most important port in the region
B Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
C The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
D Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
E Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
Question #4
A NASCAR and baseball
B Volleyball and soccer
C Basketball and sport fishing
D Yacht racing and football
Question #5
A There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
B There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
C There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
D The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
E The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
Question #6
A Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
B Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
C Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
D Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
E The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
Question #7
A 50%
B 85%
C 75%
D 90%
E 25%
Question #8
A Southern Baptists
B Protestantism
C Lutheranism
D Catholicism
Question #9
A French
B African
C English
D Spanish
Question #10
A Dry with miles of dunes.
B Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
C Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
D Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
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 Louisiana Creoles
B African-Americans
C French-Americans
D Spanish Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Texas
B Coastal Louisiana
C Coastal Florida and Mississippi
D The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
Question #14
A Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
B People looking for high-paying jobs
C Small business owners
D Europeans
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 Humid continental
C Tropical savanna
D Subtropical hot steppe
E Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
Question #17
A Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
B Urbanization and periodic frosts
C Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
D Periodic frosts and increased international competition
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 Buffalo Bayou
B The Austin Channel
C The Coastal Shore
D Harris Bayou Channel
E The Kitty Hawk Marsh
Question #20
A Township and Range
B Metes and Bounds
C U.S. Public Lands Survey
D Long Lots
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 Waterspouts
C Flooding
D Lightning
Question #23
A Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
B Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
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 Theme parks
B Surfing competitions
C The cruise ship industry
D Spring break tourism
Question #25
A New Orleans, Louisiana
B Miami, Florida
C Orlando, Florida
D Houston, Texas
Question #26
A The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
B Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
C The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
D The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
Question #27
A Urban areas near the coast
B Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
C The inland cotton fields
D Open water
E Marshes and estuaries
Question #28
A Provincial
B Homogeneous
C Cosmopolitan
D Conservative
Question #29
A Petrochemicals
B Cigars
C Shrimp
D Citrus fruits
Question #30
A Phosphate
B Salt
C Petroleum
D Xenon
E Sulphur
Question #31
A Sugar takes a full year to mature
B Rice growing often involves irrigation
C The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
D Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
E We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
Question #32
A Mississippi
B Texas
C Florida
D Louisiana
Question #33
A The many marshes and humid weather
B Disney Land and Epcot
C Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
D The warm climate and beaches
Question #34
A Orange juice concentrate
B Cigar
C Paper
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 Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
E Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
