Chapter 14 Test MexAmerica

A  Tourism

B  Banking

C  Education

D  Trade

A  Corpus Christi

B  Laredo

C  Houston

D  Brownsville

A  Agriculture is widespread and central to the economy of the region

B  Agriculture is important to the economy of most parts of MexAmerica.

C  Agriculture is important to the economy of select places in MexAmerica, but is not widespread

D  There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

A  Tornado

B  Hurricane

C  Flash Flood

D  Lightning

A  Fort Lauderdale

B  Galveston

C  Key West

D  South Padre Island

A  The Gulf Coastal Plain

B  The Rocky Mountains

C  The Great Plains

D  The Intermontane

A  Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.

B  Spanish settlements that refused to move after the Treaty of Guadalupe that were absorbed into the United States.

C  Settlements where people live in trailers, shacks, and other substandard housing.

D  Areas set aside for long-term residence motels for foreign workers.

A  The Gulf Coastal Plain

B  All of these answer choices are physiographic subregions that make up MexAmerica

C  The Basin and Range

D  The Great Plains

E  The Rocky Mountains

A  The electric automobile

B  The atomic bomb

C  The computer

D  Military aircraft

A  About twenty-five percent of the population is of Spanish descent

B  The region includes the entire U.S. – Mexico border

C  Excluding transitional areas, the region extends into Colorado and Utah

D  The humid and wet climate attracted early Anglo settlement in the region

E  Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

A  Shortnose sturgeon

B  West Indian manatee

C  Silvery minnow

D  Vaquita

E  Long-toed salamander

A  weapons

B  Clothing

C  Beer and other beverages

D  Petrochemicals

E  Steel

A  They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses

B  nearly 80% of finished goods are re-exported to the U.S

C  They are mostly Mexican-owned

D  They mostly assemble imported, duty-free components/raw materials

E  The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly

A  America’s Longest Rivers

B  The National River List

C  The Official Texas River List

D  America’s Most Endangered River

E  America’s Most Beautiful River

A  Nevada

B  California

C  Arizona

D  Kansas

E  Utah

A  An urban population

B  A suburban population

C  A small population

D  A young population

E  A very low population

A  Flooding

B  Tornadoes

C  Earthquakes

D  Drought

A  Mosquito-borne diseases

B  Arthritis

C  Cholera

D  Bronchial problems

E  Hepatitis

A  NAFTA eliminates tariffs and trade restrictions, facilitating export and import between countries in North America.

B  NAFTA sets up regulations limiting industrial pollution in all three countries, ensuring the costs of manufacturing are similar in each country.

C  NAFTA regulates and enforces protections for workers to ensure that they have safe working environments and fair wages.

D  NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

A  West Texas, as well as parts of New Mexico, and Colorado

B  Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

C  California, Nevada, Utah, as well as parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado

D  East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas

A  Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

B  Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

C  Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

D  Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

A  Arizona

B  All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents

C  Texas

D  New Mexico

A  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

B  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.

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

A  Scottsdale

B  Tucson

C  Phoenix

D  Sun City

A  It increased the flow of Mexican shoppers into the U.S. searching for goods unavailable in Mexico

B  It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

C  It resulted in the creation of the so-called ‘twin city’ phenomenon

D  It helped increase U.S.-Mexican border integration

E  It resulted in the creation of a special tariff class for the maquiladoras

A  Near the Sierra Madres

B  Near the Gulf of California

C  Near the Rio Grande River

D  Near the Grand Canyon

A  Scottsdale

B  Sun City

C  Tucson

D  Phoenix

A  They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

B  Stay underwater, using waterholes and rivers to cool down.

C  They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.

D  They sweat to cool down.

A  The leading maquiladora activity is the assembly of garment and textile products

B  Per capita incomes in Mexico are highest in the state of Nuevo Leon

C  El Paso’s ‘twin city’ is Juarez

D  Many of the world’s leading automobile companies operate maquiladoras

E  Since the founding of the first maquiladoras, the average number of births per woman in Mexico have increased

A  Santa Fe

B  San Antonio

C  Albuquerque

D  Las Cruces

A  One of the major PUSH factors related to Mexican immigration into the U.S. is widespread unemployment in Mexico

B  The first Spanish settlements were in the Upper Rio Grande Valley before 1700

C  At the end of the Mexican War, the total mexican population in the U.S. was around 82,500

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

A  These areas subscribe to no country’s laws on pollution.

B  Companies in these areas have to pay no corporate income tax.

C  They are able to hire Mexican workers for much lower wages than they would have to pay American workers.

D  These areas often have lax child-labor laws which allow workers as young as 12 to work in factories.

A  Arizona

B  Texas

C  New Mexico

D  California

E  Nevada

A  NAFTA established a trade agreement between Mexico, Canada and the U.S.

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 created more jobs for Mexicans

A  200 years

B  100 years

C  50 years

D  300 years