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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Texas
B Alabama
C Louisiana
D Florida
E Mississippi
Question #2
A Fostering the growth and prosperity of Texas
B For being the only man made port in the United States
C All these answer choices are correct
D Being the first inland waterway in the world
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 Almost all the major ports tend to be located directly on the Gulf of Mexico
E New Orleans is the most important port in the region
Question #4
A Yacht racing and football
B Volleyball and soccer
C Basketball and sport fishing
D NASCAR and baseball
Question #5
A The debris would fill over 40 Empire State Buildings
B The cost to rebuild just the waste management system would be $1 billion
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 There was about a total of 2 million tons of debris
Question #6
A Five of the top fifteen largest ports in the U.S. are located in Louisiana
B Nearly 20% of all waterborne commerce in the United States goes through Louisiana ports
C Nearly 50% of the state’s population lives in the coastal parishes
D The Louisiana fishing industry accounts for nearly 45% of the total US catch by weight (excluding Alaska)
E Louisiana ranks first in the production of crude oil and second in the production of natural gas
Question #7
A 75%
B 25%
C 90%
D 85%
E 50%
Question #8
A Catholicism
B Protestantism
C Lutheranism
D Southern Baptists
Question #9
A English
B African
C French
D Spanish
Question #10
A Forested with a rapid change to high elevations
B Rugged, rocky coastlines and thin soils.
C Dry with miles of dunes.
D Flat, with many wetlands, swamps, lakes, and beaches.
Question #11
A The Gulf of Tonkin
B The Great Salt Lake
C Atlantic Ocean
D The Gulf of Mexico
E Lake Michigan
Question #12
A Spanish Americans
B African-Americans
C French-Americans
D Louisiana Creoles
Question #13
A Coastal Louisiana
B Coastal Florida and Mississippi
C Coastal Texas
D The Atlantic Coast (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, GeorgiA.
Question #14
A Europeans
B Small business owners
C Retirees from the Northeastern portion of North America
D People looking for high-paying jobs
Question #15
A They were looking for trade goods for Port au Prince.
B They were hoping to escape religious persecution.
C They were seeking to establish a French military foothold in the region.
D They were seeking to convert the native populations to Christianity.
Question #16
A Humid continental
B Subtropical hot steppe
C Tropical savanna
D Mediterranean with cool moist winters and hot, dry summers
E Humid subtropical
Question #17
A Lack of immigrant labor and saltwater intrusions
B Saltwater intrusion into orchard soils, and urbanization
C Periodic frosts and increased international competition
D Urbanization and periodic frosts
Question #18
A The 1959 Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro
B The need of Florida citrus farms in 1942 for cheap immigrant labor due to WWII
C The expansion of the Cuban/American tourism industry in the early 1900s
D In 1992, Hurricane Andrew devastated Cuba
Question #19
A Harris Bayou Channel
B The Austin Channel
C The Coastal Shore
D The Kitty Hawk Marsh
E Buffalo Bayou
Question #20
A U.S. Public Lands Survey
B Metes and Bounds
C Township and Range
D Long Lots
Question #21
A Sugar, Tobacco, and Peaches
B Cotton, Tobacco, and Citrus
C Rice, Citrus, and Sugar
D Cotton, Peaches, and Tobacco
Question #22
A Sharks
B Waterspouts
C Lightning
D Flooding
Question #23
A Quick, efficient response by the Federal government led to few homes being damaged, and little loss of life.
B Rebuilding efforts by state and local government have led to an improvement of conditions for low-income residents.
C Many residents lost their homes and have been unable to rebuild.
D Government assistance has allowed almost all of the displaced residents to return to the city.
Question #24
A Surfing competitions
B Spring break tourism
C Theme parks
D The cruise ship industry
Question #25
A New Orleans, Louisiana
B Miami, Florida
C Houston, Texas
D Orlando, Florida
Question #26
A Farms are close to Gulf of Mexico ports
B The region is largely frost free so many frost intolerant crops can be grown.
C The region has many coastal wetlands so plants such as rice can be grown.
D The region’s rich soils are perfect for growing many crops.
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 Cosmopolitan
B Homogeneous
C Conservative
D Provincial
Question #29
A Shrimp
B Cigars
C Petrochemicals
D Citrus fruits
Question #30
A Xenon
B Phosphate
C Salt
D Petroleum
E Sulphur
Question #31
A Sugarcane is non-frost tolerant
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 Rice growing often involves irrigation
Question #32
A Texas
B Florida
C Mississippi
D Louisiana
Question #33
A Disney Land and Epcot
B Casinos in Louisiana and Mississippi
C The warm climate and beaches
D The many marshes and humid weather
Question #34
A Orange juice concentrate
B Automobile
C Paper
D Cigar
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 The storm surges from both hurricanes was greater than 20 feet
D Most of the flooding in New Orleans was between 1- 8 feet in depth
E Katrina’ s strongest winds stretched from New Orleans to southwestern Alabama
