Chapter 14 Test MexAmerica

A  Tourism

B  Education

C  Trade

D  Banking

A  Houston

B  Corpus Christi

C  Laredo

D  Brownsville

A  Agriculture is important to the economy of select places in MexAmerica, but is not widespread

B  There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

C  Agriculture is widespread and central to the economy of the region

D  Agriculture is important to the economy of most parts of MexAmerica.

A  Flash Flood

B  Tornado

C  Lightning

D  Hurricane

A  Fort Lauderdale

B  South Padre Island

C  Galveston

D  Key West

A  The Gulf Coastal Plain

B  The Rocky Mountains

C  The Great Plains

D  The Intermontane

A  Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.

B  Spanish settlements that refused to move after the Treaty of Guadalupe that were absorbed into the United States.

C  Areas set aside for long-term residence motels for foreign workers.

D  Settlements where people live in trailers, shacks, and other substandard housing.

A  The Great Plains

B  The Rocky Mountains

C  The Basin and Range

D  All of these answer choices are physiographic subregions that make up MexAmerica

E  The Gulf Coastal Plain

A  The computer

B  The electric automobile

C  The atomic bomb

D  Military aircraft

A  Excluding transitional areas, the region extends into Colorado and Utah

B  About twenty-five percent of the population is of Spanish descent

C  The region includes the entire U.S. – Mexico border

D  The humid and wet climate attracted early Anglo settlement in the region

E  Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

A  Long-toed salamander

B  Vaquita

C  Shortnose sturgeon

D  Silvery minnow

E  West Indian manatee

A  Petrochemicals

B  Beer and other beverages

C  weapons

D  Steel

E  Clothing

A  They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses

B  nearly 80% of finished goods are re-exported to the U.S

C  They mostly assemble imported, duty-free components/raw materials

D  They are mostly Mexican-owned

E  The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly

A  America’s Most Endangered River

B  The Official Texas River List

C  America’s Most Beautiful River

D  The National River List

E  America’s Longest Rivers

A  California

B  Utah

C  Arizona

D  Kansas

E  Nevada

A  A small population

B  A young population

C  A very low population

D  An urban population

E  A suburban population

A  Earthquakes

B  Flooding

C  Tornadoes

D  Drought

A  Hepatitis

B  Bronchial problems

C  Cholera

D  Mosquito-borne diseases

E  Arthritis

A  NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

B  NAFTA regulates and enforces protections for workers to ensure that they have safe working environments and fair wages.

C  NAFTA eliminates tariffs and trade restrictions, facilitating export and import between countries in North America.

D  NAFTA sets up regulations limiting industrial pollution in all three countries, ensuring the costs of manufacturing are similar in each country.

A  East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas

B  California, Nevada, Utah, as well as parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado

C  West Texas, as well as parts of New Mexico, and Colorado

D  Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

A  Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

B  Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

C  Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

D  Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

A  All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents

B  New Mexico

C  Texas

D  Arizona

A  In the northern part of the region where there is more regular precipitation

B  Near the Rio Grande in the eastern portion of MexAmerica and the Arizona portion of the Colorado River, in the western part of the region

C  In the southern part of the region where it is warm enough to grow frost intolerant crops Students may not think “b” is a viable answers unless center(s) is referenced in the question.

D  Agriculture is widespread throughout MexAmerica because of the region’s rich soils

A  Tucson

B  Phoenix

C  Sun City

D  Scottsdale

A  It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

B  It resulted in the creation of the so-called ‘twin city’ phenomenon

C  It helped increase U.S.-Mexican border integration

D  It resulted in the creation of a special tariff class for the maquiladoras

E  It increased the flow of Mexican shoppers into the U.S. searching for goods unavailable in Mexico

A  Near the Gulf of California

B  Near the Sierra Madres

C  Near the Rio Grande River

D  Near the Grand Canyon

A  Scottsdale

B  Sun City

C  Phoenix

D  Tucson

A  They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.

B  Stay underwater, using waterholes and rivers to cool down.

C  They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

D  They sweat to cool down.

A  Many of the world’s leading automobile companies operate maquiladoras

B  The leading maquiladora activity is the assembly of garment and textile products

C  Per capita incomes in Mexico are highest in the state of Nuevo Leon

D  Since the founding of the first maquiladoras, the average number of births per woman in Mexico have increased

E  El Paso’s ‘twin city’ is Juarez

A  Las Cruces

B  San Antonio

C  Santa Fe

D  Albuquerque

A  The first Spanish settlements were in the Upper Rio Grande Valley before 1700

B  The Hispanic population in New Mexico is centered in the northern parts of the state as opposed to the border areas

C  At the end of the Mexican War, the total mexican population in the U.S. was around 82,500

D  One of the major PUSH factors related to Mexican immigration into the U.S. is widespread unemployment in Mexico

E  Spanish settlement of California began in the mid-1600s

A  These areas often have lax child-labor laws which allow workers as young as 12 to work in factories.

B  They are able to hire Mexican workers for much lower wages than they would have to pay American workers.

C  These areas subscribe to no country’s laws on pollution.

D  Companies in these areas have to pay no corporate income tax.

A  Arizona

B  California

C  New Mexico

D  Texas

E  Nevada

A  NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

B  Mexican exports to the US and Canada decreased but imports from Canada and the U.S. increased

C  NAFTA was established in 1994

D  NAFTA established a trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the U.S.

E  NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges

A  200 years

B  300 years

C  50 years

D  100 years