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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Texas
B Alabama
C Florida
D Mississippi
E Louisiana
Question #2
A Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
B All these answer choices are correct
C Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
D Being the first inland waterway in the world
E For being the only man made port in the United States
Question #3
A New Orleans is the most important port in the region
B Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
C Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
D The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
E Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
Question #4
A Basketball and sport fishing
B NASCAR and baseball
C Volleyball and soccer
D Yacht racing and football
Question #5
A There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
B The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
C There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
D The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
E There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
Question #6
A The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
B Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
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 Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
Question #7
A 25%
B 90%
C 50%
D 75%
E 85%
Question #8
A Catholicism
B Lutheranism
C Protestantism
D Southern Baptists
Question #9
A English
B French
C Spanish
D African
Question #10
A Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
B Dry with miles of dunes.
C Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
D Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
Question #11
A The Great Salt Lake
B The Gulf of Mexico
C Lake Michigan
D The Gulf of Tonkin
E Atlantic Ocean
Question #12
A French-Americans
B Spanish Americans
C Louisiana Creoles
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 Small business owners
B People looking for high-paying jobs
C Europeans
D Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
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 looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
D They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
Question #16
A Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
B Humid continental
C Subtropical hot steppe
D Tropical savanna
E Humid subtropical
Question #17
A Urbanization and periodic frosts
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
C Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
D Periodic frosts and increased international competition
Question #18
A The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
B The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
C The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
D In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
Question #19
A Harris Bayou Channel
B Buffalo Bayou
C The Kitty Hawk Marsh
D The Coastal Shore
E The Austin Channel
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Township and Range
C Metes and Bounds
D Long Lots
Question #21
A Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
B Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
C Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
D Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
Question #22
A Flooding
B Waterspouts
C Sharks
D Lightning
Question #23
A Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
B Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
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 Spring break tourism
B Theme parks
C The cruise ship industry
D Surfing competitions
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B Miami, Florida
C New Orleans, Louisiana
D Orlando, Florida
Question #26
A The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice 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 is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
Question #27
A Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
B The inland cotton fields
C Open water
D Urban areas near the coast
E Marshes and estuaries
Question #28
A Provincial
B Homogeneous
C Cosmopolitan
D Conservative
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Petrochemicals
C Shrimp
D Cigars
Question #30
A Sulphur
B Phosphate
C Xenon
D Salt
E Petroleum
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B Sugar takes a full year to mature
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
E We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
Question #32
A Louisiana
B Mississippi
C Texas
D Florida
Question #33
A The many marshes and humid weather
B The warm climate and beaches
C Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
D Disney Land and Epcot
Question #34
A Paper
B Cigar
C Automobile
D Orange juice concentrate
Question #35
A The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
B Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
C Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
D The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
E Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
