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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Louisiana
B Texas
C Mississippi
D Alabama
E Florida
Question #2
A For being the only man made port in the United States
B All these answer choices are correct
C Being the first inland waterway in the world
D Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
E Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
Question #3
A Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
B New Orleans is the most important port in the region
C Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
D Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
E The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
Question #4
A Yacht racing and football
B Volleyball and soccer
C NASCAR and baseball
D Basketball and sport fishing
Question #5
A The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
B There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
C There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
D There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
E The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
Question #6
A Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
C Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
D Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
E The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
Question #7
A 50%
B 75%
C 90%
D 85%
E 25%
Question #8
A Lutheranism
B Catholicism
C Southern Baptists
D Protestantism
Question #9
A African
B French
C Spanish
D English
Question #10
A Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
B Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
C Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
D Dry with miles of dunes.
Question #11
A The Great Salt Lake
B Atlantic Ocean
C Lake Michigan
D The Gulf of Mexico
E The Gulf of Tonkin
Question #12
A Spanish Americans
B Louisiana Creoles
C French-Americans
D African-Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Florida and Mississippi
B The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
C Coastal Texas
D Coastal Louisiana
Question #14
A People looking for high-paying jobs
B Small business owners
C Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
D Europeans
Question #15
A They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
B They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
C They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
D They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
Question #16
A Tropical savanna
B Subtropical hot steppe
C Humid continental
D Humid subtropical
E Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
Question #17
A Urbanization and periodic frosts
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
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 In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
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 The Kitty Hawk Marsh
B Harris Bayou Channel
C Buffalo Bayou
D The Austin Channel
E The Coastal Shore
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Metes and Bounds
C Township and Range
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 Lightning
B Flooding
C Waterspouts
D Sharks
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 Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
D Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
Question #24
A Theme parks
B Spring break tourism
C Surfing competitions
D The cruise ship industry
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B New Orleans, Louisiana
C Orlando, Florida
D Miami, Florida
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 Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
D The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
Question #27
A Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
B Marshes and estuaries
C The inland cotton fields
D Open water
E Urban areas near the coast
Question #28
A Conservative
B Cosmopolitan
C Provincial
D Homogeneous
Question #29
A Cigars
B Citrus fruits
C Shrimp
D Petrochemicals
Question #30
A Phosphate
B Sulphur
C Salt
D Xenon
E Petroleum
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
C Sugar takes a full year to mature
D Rice growing often involves irrigation
E The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
Question #32
A Texas
B Mississippi
C Florida
D Louisiana
Question #33
A Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
B Disney Land and Epcot
C The many marshes and humid weather
D The warm climate and beaches
Question #34
A Automobile
B Orange juice concentrate
C Cigar
D Paper
Question #35
A Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
B Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
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 The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
