Chapter 14 Test MexAmerica

A  Education

B  Trade

C  Banking

D  Tourism

A  Laredo

B  Houston

C  Brownsville

D  Corpus Christi

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 important to the economy of most parts of MexAmerica.

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

A  Flash Flood

B  Hurricane

C  Tornado

D  Lightning

A  Key West

B  Galveston

C  South Padre Island

D  Fort Lauderdale

A  The Intermontane

B  The Great Plains

C  The Rocky Mountains

D  The Gulf Coastal Plain

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

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

C  Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.

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

A  The Great Plains

B  The Rocky Mountains

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

D  The Basin and Range

E  The Gulf Coastal Plain

A  Military aircraft

B  The electric automobile

C  The computer

D  The atomic bomb

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

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

C  Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

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

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

A  Shortnose sturgeon

B  Long-toed salamander

C  West Indian manatee

D  Vaquita

E  Silvery minnow

A  weapons

B  Petrochemicals

C  Beer and other beverages

D  Steel

E  Clothing

A  The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly

B  They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses

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

D  They are mostly Mexican-owned

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

A  The Official Texas River List

B  The National River List

C  America’s Longest Rivers

D  America’s Most Beautiful River

E  America’s Most Endangered River

A  Arizona

B  California

C  Utah

D  Kansas

E  Nevada

A  A very low population

B  A young population

C  A suburban population

D  A small population

E  An urban population

A  Earthquakes

B  Tornadoes

C  Flooding

D  Drought

A  Cholera

B  Hepatitis

C  Arthritis

D  Bronchial problems

E  Mosquito-borne diseases

A  NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

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

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

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

A  East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas

B  Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

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

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

A  Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

B  Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

C  Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

D  Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

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

B  Texas

C  Arizona

D  New Mexico

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

D  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.

A  Tucson

B  Sun City

C  Phoenix

D  Scottsdale

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

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

C  It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

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 Rio Grande River

B  Near the Sierra Madres

C  Near the Grand Canyon

D  Near the Gulf of California

A  Sun City

B  Tucson

C  Scottsdale

D  Phoenix

A  They sweat to cool down.

B  They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.

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

D  They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

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

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

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

D  El Paso’s ‘twin city’ is Juarez

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

A  San Antonio

B  Albuquerque

C  Santa Fe

D  Las Cruces

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Texas

B  Arizona

C  California

D  Nevada

E  New Mexico

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

B  NAFTA was established in 1994

C  NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges

D  NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

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

A  50 years

B  300 years

C  200 years

D  100 years