Chapter 14 Test MexAmerica

A  Banking

B  Education

C  Trade

D  Tourism

A  Brownsville

B  Corpus Christi

C  Laredo

D  Houston

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

B  There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

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

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

A  Flash Flood

B  Hurricane

C  Lightning

D  Tornado

A  South Padre Island

B  Key West

C  Galveston

D  Fort Lauderdale

A  The Gulf Coastal Plain

B  The Great Plains

C  The Rocky Mountains

D  The Intermontane

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

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

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

D  Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.

A  The Gulf Coastal Plain

B  The Great Plains

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

D  The Rocky Mountains

E  The Basin and Range

A  The electric automobile

B  The atomic bomb

C  Military aircraft

D  The computer

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

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

C  Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

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

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

A  Shortnose sturgeon

B  Silvery minnow

C  Vaquita

D  Long-toed salamander

E  West Indian manatee

A  Steel

B  Beer and other beverages

C  Clothing

D  weapons

E  Petrochemicals

A  They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses

B  They are mostly Mexican-owned

C  The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly

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

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

A  America’s Most Endangered River

B  The National River List

C  America’s Most Beautiful River

D  America’s Longest Rivers

E  The Official Texas River List

A  Arizona

B  Nevada

C  Kansas

D  California

E  Utah

A  A small population

B  An urban population

C  A young population

D  A suburban population

E  A very low population

A  Tornadoes

B  Drought

C  Flooding

D  Earthquakes

A  Arthritis

B  Hepatitis

C  Cholera

D  Bronchial problems

E  Mosquito-borne diseases

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

B  NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

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

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

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

B  East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas

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

D  Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

A  Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

B  Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

C  Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

D  Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

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

B  Arizona

C  New Mexico

D  Texas

A  In the northern part of the region where there is more regular precipitation

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  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

D  Agriculture is widespread throughout MexAmerica because of the region’s rich soils

A  Sun City

B  Scottsdale

C  Tucson

D  Phoenix

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

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

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

D  It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

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

A  Near the Sierra Madres

B  Near the Grand Canyon

C  Near the Rio Grande River

D  Near the Gulf of California

A  Scottsdale

B  Phoenix

C  Tucson

D  Sun City

A  They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

B  They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.

C  They sweat to cool down.

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

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

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

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

D  El Paso’s ‘twin city’ is Juarez

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

A  Las Cruces

B  Albuquerque

C  San Antonio

D  Santa Fe

A  Spanish settlement of California began in the mid-1600s

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

C  The Hispanic population in New Mexico is centered in the northern parts of the state as opposed to the border areas

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

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

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

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

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

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

A  Arizona

B  Nevada

C  California

D  New Mexico

E  Texas

A  NAFTA was established in 1994

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

E  NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

A  100 years

B  200 years

C  300 years

D  50 years