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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Trade
B Tourism
C Education
D Banking
Question #2
A Corpus Christi
B Laredo
C Houston
D Brownsville
Question #3
A There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica
B Agriculture is widespread and central to the economy of the region
C Agriculture is important to the economy of select places in MexAmerica, but is not widespread
D Agriculture is important to the economy of most parts of MexAmerica.
Question #4
A Lightning
B Hurricane
C Flash Flood
D Tornado
Question #5
A Key West
B Fort Lauderdale
C Galveston
D South Padre Island
Question #6
A The Intermontane
B The Rocky Mountains
C The Gulf Coastal Plain
D The Great Plains
Question #7
A Spanish settlements that refused to move after the Treaty of Guadalupe that were absorbed into the United States.
B Areas set aside for long-term residence motels for foreign workers.
C Settlements where people live in trailers, shacks, and other substandard housing.
D Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.
Question #8
A All of these answer choices are physiographic subregions that make up MexAmerica
B The Gulf Coastal Plain
C The Basin and Range
D The Rocky Mountains
E The Great Plains
Question #9
A The computer
B The atomic bomb
C Military aircraft
D The electric automobile
Question #10
A About twenty-five percent of the population is of Spanish descent
B Excluding transitional areas, the region extends into Colorado and Utah
C The humid and wet climate attracted early Anglo settlement in the region
D Native Americans account for about one percent of the population
E The region includes the entire U.S. – Mexico border
Question #11
A Long-toed salamander
B Silvery minnow
C West Indian manatee
D Shortnose sturgeon
E Vaquita
Question #12
A weapons
B Clothing
C Petrochemicals
D Steel
E Beer and other beverages
Question #13
A They mostly assemble imported, duty-free components/raw materials
B They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses
C The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly
D nearly 80% of finished goods are re-exported to the U.S
E They are mostly Mexican-owned
Question #14
A America’s Most Beautiful River
B America’s Most Endangered River
C America’s Longest Rivers
D The Official Texas River List
E The National River List
Question #15
A Arizona
B California
C Nevada
D Utah
E Kansas
Question #16
A An urban population
B A suburban population
C A small population
D A young population
E A very low population
Question #17
A Earthquakes
B Flooding
C Tornadoes
D Drought
Question #18
A Arthritis
B Mosquito-borne diseases
C Hepatitis
D Cholera
E Bronchial problems
Question #19
A NAFTA sets up regulations limiting industrial pollution in all three countries, ensuring the costs of manufacturing are similar in each country.
B NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.
C NAFTA regulates and enforces protections for workers to ensure that they have safe working environments and fair wages.
D NAFTA eliminates tariffs and trade restrictions, facilitating export and import between countries in North America.
Question #20
A Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico
B East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas
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
Question #21
A Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.
B Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.
C Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.
D Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.
Question #22
A All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents
B New Mexico
C Texas
D Arizona
Question #23
A 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.
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 northern part of the region where there is more regular precipitation
Question #24
A Scottsdale
B Phoenix
C Tucson
D Sun City
Question #25
A It resulted in the creation of the so-called ‘twin city’ phenomenon
B It increased the flow of Mexican shoppers into the U.S. searching for goods unavailable in Mexico
C It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico
D It helped increase U.S.-Mexican border integration
E It resulted in the creation of a special tariff class for the maquiladoras
Question #26
A Near the Gulf of California
B Near the Sierra Madres
C Near the Grand Canyon
D Near the Rio Grande River
Question #27
A Tucson
B Sun City
C Scottsdale
D Phoenix
Question #28
A Stay underwater, using waterholes and rivers to cool down.
B They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
C They sweat to cool down.
D They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.
Question #29
A Many of the world’s leading automobile companies operate maquiladoras
B The leading maquiladora activity is the assembly of garment and textile products
C El Paso’s ‘twin city’ is Juarez
D Since the founding of the first maquiladoras, the average number of births per woman in Mexico have increased
E Per capita incomes in Mexico are highest in the state of Nuevo Leon
Question #30
A San Antonio
B Las Cruces
C Santa Fe
D Albuquerque
Question #31
A The first Spanish settlements were in the Upper Rio Grande Valley before 1700
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 Hispanic population in New Mexico is centered in the northern parts of the state as opposed to the border areas
Question #32
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 Companies in these areas have to pay no corporate income tax.
D These areas often have lax child-labor laws which allow workers as young as 12 to work in factories.
Question #33
A Arizona
B Texas
C California
D Nevada
E New Mexico
Question #34
A NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans
B Mexican exports to the US and Canada decreased but imports from Canada and the U.S. increased
C NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges
D NAFTA was established in 1994
E NAFTA established a trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
Question #35
A 50 years
B 100 years
C 300 years
D 200 years