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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Texas
B Louisiana
C Mississippi
D Florida
E Alabama
Question #2
A All these answer choices are correct
B Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
C Being the first inland waterway in the world
D Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
E For being the only man made port in the United States
Question #3
A Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
B The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
C Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
D Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
E New Orleans is the most important port in the region
Question #4
A NASCAR and baseball
B Yacht racing and football
C Basketball and sport fishing
D Volleyball and soccer
Question #5
A There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
B There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
C There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
D The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
E The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
Question #6
A Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
B The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
C Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
D Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
E Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
Question #7
A 75%
B 85%
C 25%
D 50%
E 90%
Question #8
A Protestantism
B Catholicism
C Lutheranism
D Southern Baptists
Question #9
A English
B Spanish
C French
D African
Question #10
A Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
B Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
C Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
D Dry with miles of dunes.
Question #11
A The Great Salt Lake
B Atlantic Ocean
C The Gulf of Mexico
D Lake Michigan
E The Gulf of Tonkin
Question #12
A Louisiana Creoles
B French-Americans
C African-Americans
D Spanish Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Texas
B Coastal Louisiana
C The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
D Coastal Florida and Mississippi
Question #14
A Small business owners
B Europeans
C Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
D People looking for high-paying jobs
Question #15
A They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
B They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
C They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
D They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
Question #16
A Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
B Humid subtropical
C Humid continental
D Tropical savanna
E Subtropical hot steppe
Question #17
A Periodic frosts and increased international competition
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
C Urbanization and periodic frosts
D Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
Question #18
A In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
B The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
C The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
D The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
Question #19
A The Coastal Shore
B Buffalo Bayou
C Harris Bayou Channel
D The Kitty Hawk Marsh
E The Austin Channel
Question #20
A Long Lots
B U.S. Public Lands Survey
C Township and Range
D Metes and Bounds
Question #21
A Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
B Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
C Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
D Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
Question #22
A Waterspouts
B Flooding
C Lightning
D Sharks
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 The cruise ship industry
D Theme parks
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B New Orleans, Louisiana
C Miami, Florida
D Orlando, Florida
Question #26
A The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
B The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
C The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
D Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
Question #27
A Urban areas near the coast
B The inland cotton fields
C Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
D Open water
E Marshes and estuaries
Question #28
A Homogeneous
B Provincial
C Conservative
D Cosmopolitan
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Shrimp
C Cigars
D Petrochemicals
Question #30
A Phosphate
B Salt
C Sulphur
D Xenon
E Petroleum
Question #31
A Rice growing often involves irrigation
B The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
C Sugar takes a full year to mature
D We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
E Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
Question #32
A Texas
B Mississippi
C Florida
D Louisiana
Question #33
A The warm climate and beaches
B Disney Land and Epcot
C Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
D The many marshes and humid weather
Question #34
A Orange juice concentrate
B Automobile
C Cigar
D Paper
Question #35
A The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
B Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
C Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
D Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
E The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
