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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 Florida
E Alabama
Question #2
A Being the first inland waterway in the world
B Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
C All these answer choices are correct
D For being the only man made port in the United States
E Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
Question #3
A Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
B Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
C New Orleans is the most important port in the region
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 NASCAR and baseball
B Volleyball and soccer
C Yacht racing and football
D Basketball and sport fishing
Question #5
A There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
B The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
C There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
D There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
E The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
Question #6
A Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
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 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 75%
B 25%
C 50%
D 90%
E 85%
Question #8
A Southern Baptists
B Protestantism
C Lutheranism
D Catholicism
Question #9
A French
B African
C English
D Spanish
Question #10
A Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
B Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
C Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
D Dry with miles of dunes.
Question #11
A The Gulf of Tonkin
B The Great Salt Lake
C The Gulf of Mexico
D Lake Michigan
E Atlantic Ocean
Question #12
A French-Americans
B Louisiana Creoles
C African-Americans
D Spanish Americans
Question #13
A The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
B Coastal Texas
C Coastal Florida and Mississippi
D Coastal Louisiana
Question #14
A Europeans
B Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
C People looking for high-paying jobs
D Small business owners
Question #15
A They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
B They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
C They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
D They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
Question #16
A Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
B Humid continental
C Tropical savanna
D Humid subtropical
E Subtropical hot steppe
Question #17
A Periodic frosts and increased international competition
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
C Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
D Urbanization and periodic frosts
Question #18
A In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
B The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
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 Harris Bayou Channel
B The Kitty Hawk Marsh
C Buffalo Bayou
D The Austin Channel
E The Coastal Shore
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Metes and Bounds
C Long Lots
D Township and Range
Question #21
A Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
B Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
C Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
D Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
Question #22
A Lightning
B Flooding
C Sharks
D Waterspouts
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 Surfing competitions
B Spring break tourism
C Theme parks
D The cruise ship industry
Question #25
A Miami, Florida
B Orlando, Florida
C Houston, Texas
D New Orleans, Louisiana
Question #26
A The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
B The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
C The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
D Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
Question #27
A Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
B Open water
C The inland cotton fields
D Marshes and estuaries
E Urban areas near the coast
Question #28
A Cosmopolitan
B Homogeneous
C Provincial
D Conservative
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Petrochemicals
C Cigars
D Shrimp
Question #30
A Petroleum
B Phosphate
C Sulphur
D Xenon
E Salt
Question #31
A We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
B Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
E Sugar takes a full year to mature
Question #32
A Texas
B Louisiana
C Mississippi
D Florida
Question #33
A Disney Land and Epcot
B Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
C The warm climate and beaches
D The many marshes and humid weather
Question #34
A Paper
B Cigar
C Automobile
D Orange juice concentrate
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 Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
D Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
E The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
