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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Louisiana
B Florida
C Alabama
D Texas
E Mississippi
Question #2
A Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
B Being the first inland waterway in the world
C All these answer choices are correct
D For being the only man made port in the United States
E Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
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 New Orleans is the most important port in the region
D Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
E Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
Question #4
A Basketball and sport fishing
B Volleyball and soccer
C NASCAR and baseball
D Yacht racing and football
Question #5
A There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
B The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
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 There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
Question #6
A Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
C Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
D Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
E Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
Question #7
A 85%
B 50%
C 90%
D 25%
E 75%
Question #8
A Protestantism
B Lutheranism
C Southern Baptists
D Catholicism
Question #9
A African
B Spanish
C French
D English
Question #10
A Dry with miles of dunes.
B Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
C Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
D Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
Question #11
A The Gulf of Tonkin
B The Great Salt Lake
C Lake Michigan
D Atlantic Ocean
E The Gulf of Mexico
Question #12
A Spanish Americans
B African-Americans
C French-Americans
D Louisiana Creoles
Question #13
A Coastal Florida and Mississippi
B Coastal Texas
C The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
D Coastal Louisiana
Question #14
A Europeans
B People looking for high-paying jobs
C Small business owners
D Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
Question #15
A They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
B They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
C They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
D They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
Question #16
A Humid continental
B Subtropical hot steppe
C Humid subtropical
D Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
E Tropical savanna
Question #17
A Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
B Urbanization and periodic frosts
C Periodic frosts and increased international competition
D Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
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 In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
D The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
Question #19
A Buffalo Bayou
B The Coastal Shore
C The Austin Channel
D The Kitty Hawk Marsh
E Harris Bayou Channel
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Township and Range
C Long Lots
D Metes and Bounds
Question #21
A Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
B Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
C Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
D Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
Question #22
A Lightning
B Waterspouts
C Sharks
D Flooding
Question #23
A Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
B Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
C Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
D Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
Question #24
A The cruise ship industry
B Spring break tourism
C Surfing competitions
D Theme parks
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B New Orleans, Louisiana
C Miami, Florida
D Orlando, Florida
Question #26
A Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
B The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
C The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
D The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
Question #27
A The inland cotton fields
B Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
C Marshes and estuaries
D Urban areas near the coast
E Open water
Question #28
A Homogeneous
B Conservative
C Provincial
D Cosmopolitan
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Petrochemicals
C Shrimp
D Cigars
Question #30
A Sulphur
B Xenon
C Phosphate
D Petroleum
E Salt
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B Sugar takes a full year to mature
C We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
D The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
E Rice growing often involves irrigation
Question #32
A Texas
B Florida
C Louisiana
D Mississippi
Question #33
A Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
B The warm climate and beaches
C The many marshes and humid weather
D Disney Land and Epcot
Question #34
A Orange juice concentrate
B Cigar
C Automobile
D Paper
Question #35
A Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
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 Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
E Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
