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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Louisiana
B Florida
C Texas
D Mississippi
E Alabama
Question #2
A For being the only man made port in the United States
B Aiding in transporting supplies in the Civil War
C All these answer choices are correct
D Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
E Being the first inland waterway in the world
Question #3
A Most of the petrochemical industry is located in the Houston, Texas area
B The region’s ports tend to thrive because of their good access to the hinterlands via rail and rivers
C Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
D New Orleans is the most important port in the region
E Texas and Louisiana are the top producers of these two products
Question #4
A Volleyball and soccer
B Yacht racing and football
C NASCAR and baseball
D Basketball and sport fishing
Question #5
A The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
B There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
C There was enough debris to fill the Superdome 13 times
D There was 25 times more debris than that of the World Trade Center
E The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
Question #6
A Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
B Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
C Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
D Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
E The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
Question #7
A 75%
B 90%
C 25%
D 50%
E 85%
Question #8
A Lutheranism
B Southern Baptists
C Protestantism
D Catholicism
Question #9
A African
B English
C French
D Spanish
Question #10
A Dry with miles of dunes.
B Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
C Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
D Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
Question #11
A Lake Michigan
B The Gulf of Mexico
C The Gulf of Tonkin
D The Great Salt Lake
E Atlantic Ocean
Question #12
A African-Americans
B Louisiana Creoles
C Spanish Americans
D French-Americans
Question #13
A Coastal Louisiana
B Coastal Florida and Mississippi
C The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
D Coastal Texas
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 seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
D They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
Question #16
A Subtropical hot steppe
B Tropical savanna
C Humid continental
D Humid subtropical
E Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
Question #17
A Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
B Urbanization and periodic frosts
C Periodic frosts and increased international competition
D Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
Question #18
A The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
B In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
C The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
D The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
Question #19
A The Kitty Hawk Marsh
B Harris Bayou Channel
C The Coastal Shore
D Buffalo Bayou
E The Austin Channel
Question #20
A Long Lots
B Metes and Bounds
C Township and Range
D U.S. Public Lands Survey
Question #21
A Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
B Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
C Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
D Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
Question #22
A Lightning
B Waterspouts
C Flooding
D Sharks
Question #23
A Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
B Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
C Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
D Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
Question #24
A The cruise ship industry
B Surfing competitions
C Theme parks
D Spring break tourism
Question #25
A Miami, Florida
B Houston, Texas
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 Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
C The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
D The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
Question #27
A Urban areas near the coast
B The inland cotton fields
C Open water
D Shallow lakes where the oil had settled
E Marshes and estuaries
Question #28
A Cosmopolitan
B Provincial
C Homogeneous
D Conservative
Question #29
A Citrus fruits
B Petrochemicals
C Cigars
D Shrimp
Question #30
A Phosphate
B Petroleum
C Salt
D Xenon
E Sulphur
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
B We find sugarcane production in every state in the region
C Sugar takes a full year to mature
D The heaviest rice production seems to be in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley
E Rice growing often involves irrigation
Question #32
A Mississippi
B Texas
C Louisiana
D Florida
Question #33
A Disney Land and Epcot
B The warm climate and beaches
C The many marshes and humid weather
D Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
Question #34
A Cigar
B Automobile
C Orange juice concentrate
D Paper
Question #35
A The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
B Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
C Rita’s major damage was to the east of Katrina
D Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
E The change from land to water as a result of the two hurricanes was nearly 80 square miles
