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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Florida
B Louisiana
C Alabama
D Texas
E Mississippi
Question #2
A Being the first inland waterway in the world
B All these answer choices are correct
C For being the only man made port in the United States
D Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
E Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
Question #3
A Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
B Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
C The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
D New Orleans is the most important port in the region
E Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
Question #4
A Volleyball and soccer
B NASCAR and baseball
C Basketball and sport fishing
D Yacht racing and football
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 The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
D There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
E The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
Question #6
A Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
B Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
C The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
D Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
E Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
Question #7
A 85%
B 25%
C 90%
D 50%
E 75%
Question #8
A Protestantism
B Lutheranism
C Southern Baptists
D Catholicism
Question #9
A English
B Spanish
C African
D French
Question #10
A Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
B Dry with miles of dunes.
C Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
D Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
Question #11
A Lake Michigan
B The Great Salt Lake
C The Gulf of Mexico
D The Gulf of Tonkin
E Atlantic Ocean
Question #12
A Louisiana Creoles
B African-Americans
C Spanish Americans
D French-Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Florida and Mississippi
B Coastal Texas
C The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
D Coastal Louisiana
Question #14
A Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
B Small business owners
C People looking for high-paying jobs
D Europeans
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 Humid continental
B Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
C Humid subtropical
D Tropical savanna
E Subtropical hot steppe
Question #17
A Periodic frosts and increased international competition
B Urbanization and periodic frosts
C Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
D Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
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 The Kitty Hawk Marsh
B Buffalo Bayou
C The Austin Channel
D The Coastal Shore
E Harris Bayou Channel
Question #20
A Metes and Bounds
B Township and Range
C U.S. Public Lands Survey
D Long Lots
Question #21
A Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
B Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
C Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
D Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
Question #22
A Flooding
B Sharks
C Lightning
D Waterspouts
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 Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
D Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
Question #24
A The cruise ship industry
B Spring break tourism
C Theme parks
D Surfing competitions
Question #25
A Houston, Texas
B Miami, Florida
C Orlando, Florida
D New Orleans, Louisiana
Question #26
A The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
B Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
C The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
D The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
Question #27
A The inland cotton fields
B Marshes and estuaries
C Urban areas near the coast
D Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
E Open water
Question #28
A Provincial
B Homogeneous
C Conservative
D Cosmopolitan
Question #29
A Shrimp
B Petrochemicals
C Cigars
D Citrus fruits
Question #30
A Xenon
B Sulphur
C Salt
D Petroleum
E Phosphate
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
C Rice growing often involves irrigation
D Sugar takes a full year to mature
E We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
Question #32
A Texas
B Mississippi
C Louisiana
D Florida
Question #33
A Disney Land and Epcot
B Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
C The many marshes and humid weather
D The warm climate and beaches
Question #34
A Cigar
B Orange juice concentrate
C Automobile
D Paper
Question #35
A The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
B Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
C The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
D Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
E Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
