Deck 14: MexAmerica

Question 1

Corpus Christi is a major center for what industry?

A)Tourism
B)Oil
C)Shrimping
D)Agriculture

Answer 1

B

Question 2

In addition to being hunted for and sold as pets,what is the main reason desert tortoise populations are in decline?

A)Habitat destruction and fragmentation
B)Global warming
C)Tortoise Shells being sold as souvenirs
D)Tortoise meat is a delicacy in Tex-Mex cuisine

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The physical geography of parts of New Mexico and West Texas,including Big Bend National Park are an extension of what?

A)The Great Plains
B)The Gulf Coastal Plain
C)The Rocky Mountains
D)The Intermontane

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The main center(s)of agriculture in MexAmerica are located where?

A)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
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)In the northern part of the region where there is more regular precipitation
D)Agriculture is widespread throughout MexAmerica because of the region's rich soils

Question 5

One of the major advantages of maquiladoras for American companies is what?

A)They are able to hire Mexican workers for much lower wages than they would have to pay American workers.
B)These areas subscribe to no country's laws on pollution.
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.

Question 6

What environmental hazard causes significant property damage and occasional fatalities in MexAmerica?

A)Flooding
B)Drought
C)Tornadoes
D)Earthquakes

Question 7

Settled groups of Native Americans in MexAmerica,sometimes called Pueblo people,lived near what?

A)Near the Grand Canyon
B)Near the Sierra Madres
C)Near the Gulf of California
D)Near the Rio Grande River

Question 8

Which of the following best describes how New Mexico and Arizona became part of the United States?

A)The United States went to war with Spain in 1821 to gain control of these territories.
B)American settlement intensified after 1821,which allowed them to buy the entire region from Spain via the Gadsden Purchase.
C)The United States annexed the Republic of Texas in 1845,which resulted in the Mexican-American War.
D)The United States cleared out the Native Americans living in the region and settled it before Spain or Mexico could.

Question 9

One of the primary reasons Spanish explorers such as Francisco Vasquez de Coronado explored MexAmerica was that they were looking for what?

A)Oil
B)High quality farm land
C)Gold
D)The fountain of youth

Question 10

What tertiary sector activity in MexAmerica has grown as a result of NAFTA?

A)Trade
B)Tourism
C)Education
D)Banking

Question 11

What area became part of the United States after the Treaty of Guadalupe?

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)Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico
D)West Texas,as well as parts of New Mexico,and Colorado

Question 12

What impact does the North American Free Trade Agreement have on relations between countries in North America?

A)NAFTA regulates and enforces protections for workers to ensure that they have safe working environments and fair wages.
B)NAFTA eliminates tariffs and trade restrictions,facilitating export and import between countries in North America.
C)NAFTA sets up regulations limiting industrial pollution in all three countries,ensuring the costs of manufacturing are similar in each country.
D)NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

Question 13

Approximately how long was the settled area around the Rio Grande River controlled by the Spanish before New Mexico and Texas became part of the United States?

A)50 years
B)100 years
C)200 years
D)300 years

Question 14

In comparison to the U.S.- Canada border,which is generally characterized by as symmetric,the best way to describe the U.S.- Mexico border is what?

A)Asymmetric
B)Symmetric
C)Locally symmetric,with large-scale symmetry
D)Locally asymmetric,with large-scale symmetry

Question 15

Which of the following best describes the free trade zone zona libre?

A)Border areas where products from one region can be sold to any country without import/export restrictions.
B)A border area within Mexico in which American companies can conduct business without paying tariffs or trade fees.
C)Extranational areas where good can be transshipped between ships or planes without customs searches by the nation hosting the zone.
D)Both A and C

Question 16

How would you describe the place of agriculture in the economy of MexAmerica?

A)Agriculture is widespread and central to the economy of the region
B)Agriculture is important to the economy of most parts of MexAmerica.
C)Agriculture is an important to the economy of select places in MexAmerica,but is not widespread
D)There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

Question 17

As of 2010,which of the following states has the largest percentage of Latino (Mexican-born,Mexican-heritage,and Spanish-heritage)residents?

A)Texas
B)Arizona
C)New Mexico
D)All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents

Question 18

What physical boundary separates the United States from Mexico along much of its border?

A)The Pecos River
B)The Red River
C)The Colorado River
D)The Rio Grande

Question 19

In general,which area gets more precipitation,western MexAmerica or eastern MexAmerica?

A)Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.
B)Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.
C)Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.
D)Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

Question 20

The three physiographic subregions that make up MexAmerica are the Basin and Range,the Gulf Coastal Plain and what?

A)The Rocky Mountains
B)The Great Plains
C)The Sierra Nevada Mountains
D)The Navaho Basin

Question 21

What combination of crops,grown by Native Americans,is associated with traditional cuisine in MexAmerica?

A)Corn-beans-squash
B)Rice-beans-tomatoes
C)Wheat-beans-chilis
D)Corn-tomatoes-beans

Question 22

How do desert tortoises survive the temperature extremes of southwestern deserts?

A)Stay underwater,using waterholes and rivers to cool down.
B)They sweat to cool down.
C)They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.
D)They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

Question 23

What group,besides college and university students,makes up a large percentage of the tourists who visit South Padre Island each year?

A)Corporate leaders visiting the resorts on the island.
B)Cruise ship passengers visiting the local markets.
C)Mexicans visiting during the week before Easter.
D)"Snow Birds" or older,wealthy people seeking warmer climes during the North American winter.

Question 24

If you were driving north from Albuquerque to visit Santa Fe and it began to rain heavily,what danger would you be concerned about?

A)Tornado
B)Hurricane
C)Flash Flood
D)Lightning

Question 25

The city of Los Alamos New Mexico is known for its historic involvement in what 20ᵗʰ century invention?

A)The electric automobile
B)Military aircraft
C)The atomic bomb
D)The computer

Question 26

Which of the following best describes colonias?

A)Settlements where people live in trailers,shacks,and other substandard housing.
B)Areas set aside for long-term residence motels for foreign workers.
C)Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.
D)Spanish settlements that refused to move after the Treaty of Guadalupe that were absorbed into the United States.

Question 27

What location is the most popular spring break destination in the MexAmerica/Southwest?

A)South Padre Island
B)Fort Lauderdale
C)Key West
D)Galveston

Question 28

The largest metropolitan area in MexAmerica (excluding the California portion)is what?

A)Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale
B)Albuquerque
C)San Antonio
D)Austin-Round Rock

Question 29

What city in Arizona is a center for high tech manufacturing as well as research and development?

A)Tucson
B)Sun City
C)Scottsdale
D)Phoenix

Question 30

________ is considered the hottest,driest city in the United States with an average temperature in July of 107 degrees and an average precipitation of only 3.17 inches per year.

Question 31

Saguaro cactus,organ pipe cactus,and elf owl are all examples of species ________ to MexAmerica.

Question 32

In comparison to the rest of the United States,the economy of MexAmerica is ________.

Question 33

Which of the following best describes how the city leaders of San Antonio view the Mexican-American cultural heritage of the city?

A)City leaders are downplaying the city's Mexican-American roots in order to promote the city as a modern,cosmopolitan,business friendly city
B)City leaders have highlighted the city's Mexican-American roots in efforts to promote the city as a cultural center and major commercial city
C)While the city has Mexican-American roots,city leaders have focused on business concerns and promoting trade instead
D)San Antonio's Mexican-American roots have largely been erased as the city has become Anglicized and people of Mexican heritage have gone elsewhere for work.San Antonio's Mexican-American roots have largely been erased as large numbers of Anglos move to the city and people of Mexican heritage have gone elsewhere for work

Question 34

What major city in New Mexico is known as a center for energy and space research?

A)Albuquerque
B)Santa Fe
C)Las Cruces
D)San Antonio

Question 35

________ is one of the many entertainers of Mexican heritage that is becoming increasingly popular in the United States.

Question 36

The cities of Santa Fe and Taos are known as centers of what industry?

A)Tex-Mex food packaging
B)Ranching
C)Tourism
D)Auto

Question 37

Air pollution in MexAmerica is a growing problem because of ________ coming from Mexico?

Question 38

What environmental problem facing MexAmerica will likely limit the growth of industry and human population in the region during the 21ˢᵗ century?

A)Habitat destruction and the Endangered Species Act
B)Air pollution
C)Water shortages
D)Both A and B

Question 39

What city is located at the mouth of the Rio Grande?

A)Laredo
B)Corpus Christi
C)Brownsville
D)Houston

Question 40

Despite the dry climate of MexAmerica,one of the most dangerous natural hazardous in the region is ________.

Question 41

Compare and contrast the cultural landscapes of MexAmerica and Quebec.Are there any similarities in terms of the cultural characteristics of these two regions?

Question 42

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo marked the end of the ________ and transferred ________ to the United States.

Question 43

How did the September 11,2001 attacks in New York and Washington,D.C.,impact MexAmerica?

Question 44

Cities in MexAmerica that have been the most impacted by NAFTA are located near ________ and ________.

Question 45

Name two challenges facing MexAmerica and describe how they are being addressed.

Question 46

After 1880,large numbers of Mexicans migrated to South Texas because ________.

Question 47

Three examples of the distinctive Mexican heritage of MexAmerica that can be seen on the cultural landscape are ________,________,and ________.

Question 48

In many places in MexAmerica,border communities share a close relationship.Describe three ways border communities are connected and how increasing border security,such as border fences,disrupts those connections.

Question 49

Describe the impact of NAFTA and the free trade zone on towns such as Laredo,Texas and Nuevo Laredo,Mexico.How have both sides of the border been impacted?