A.   300 years

B.   100 years

C.   50 years

D.   200 years

A.   NAFTA was established in 1994

B.   NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges

C.   NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

D.   Mexican exports to the US and Canada decreased but imports from Canada and the U.S. increased

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

A.   Nevada

B.   Texas

C.   California

D.   Arizona

E.   New Mexico

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

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

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

D.   These areas subscribe to no country's laws on pollution.

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

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

C.   Spanish settlement of California began in the mid-1600s

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

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

A.   Santa Fe

B.   Las Cruces

C.   Albuquerque

D.   San Antonio

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

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

C.   El Paso's 'twin city' is Juarez

D.   Many of the world's leading automobile companies operate maquiladoras

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

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

B.   They spend much of their lives underground in burrows.

C.   They pack cooling mud on and within their shells.

D.   They sweat to cool down.

A.   Scottsdale

B.   Sun City

C.   Phoenix

D.   Tucson

A.   Near the Grand Canyon

B.   Near the Sierra Madres

C.   Near the Rio Grande River

D.   Near the Gulf of California

A.   It resulted in the creation of the so-called 'twin city' phenomenon

B.   It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

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

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

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

A.   Scottsdale

B.   Tucson

C.   Phoenix

D.   Sun City

A.   Agriculture is widespread throughout MexAmerica because of the region's rich soils

B.   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

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

D.   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.

A.   New Mexico

B.   Texas

C.   All three states have about the same percentage of Latino residents

D.   Arizona

A.   Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

B.   Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

C.   Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

D.   Actually northern MexAmerica gets more rain than southern MexAmerica.

A.   West Texas, as well as parts of New Mexico, and Colorado

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

C.   Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

D.   East Texas, which was then the Republic of Texas

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

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

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.

A.   Hepatitis

B.   Arthritis

C.   Cholera

D.   Mosquito-borne diseases

E.   Bronchial problems

A.   Flooding

B.   Drought

C.   Tornadoes

D.   Earthquakes

A.   A suburban population

B.   An urban population

C.   A small population

D.   A young population

E.   A very low population

A.   California

B.   Arizona

C.   Nevada

D.   Kansas

E.   Utah

A.   America’s Most Beautiful River

B.   America’s Most Endangered River

C.   America’s Longest Rivers

D.   The Official Texas River List

E.   The National River List

A.   The only tariffs are limited to value added during assembly

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

C.   They began in the 1960s as coupon counting houses

D.   They are mostly Mexican-owned

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

A.   weapons

B.   Steel

C.   Beer and other beverages

D.   Petrochemicals

E.   Clothing

A.   Long-toed salamander

B.   Shortnose sturgeon

C.   West Indian manatee

D.   Vaquita

E.   Silvery minnow

A.   Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

B.   About twenty-five percent of the population is of Spanish descent

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

D.   Excluding transitional areas, the region extends into Colorado and Utah

E.   The region includes the entire U.S. - Mexico border

A.   The electric automobile

B.   Military aircraft

C.   The computer

D.   The atomic bomb

A.   The Great Plains

B.   The Basin and Range

C.   The Rocky Mountains

D.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

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

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.   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 Intermontane

B.   The Rocky Mountains

C.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

D.   The Great Plains

A.   Fort Lauderdale

B.   South Padre Island

C.   Galveston

D.   Key West

A.   Lightning

B.   Tornado

C.   Hurricane

D.   Flash Flood

A.   There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

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

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

D.   Agriculture is widespread and central to the economy of the region

A.   Houston

B.   Brownsville

C.   Corpus Christi

D.   Laredo

A.   Trade

B.   Banking

C.   Education

D.   Tourism