A.   200 years

B.   50 years

C.   100 years

D.   300 years

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

B.   NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

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

D.   NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges

E.   NAFTA was established in 1994

A.   Texas

B.   New Mexico

C.   California

D.   Arizona

E.   Nevada

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A.   San Antonio

B.   Las Cruces

C.   Albuquerque

D.   Santa Fe

A.   El Paso's 'twin city' is Juarez

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

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

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

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

A.   They sweat to cool down.

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

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

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

A.   Scottsdale

B.   Tucson

C.   Phoenix

D.   Sun City

A.   Near the Grand Canyon

B.   Near the Sierra Madres

C.   Near the Gulf of California

D.   Near the Rio Grande River

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

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

C.   It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

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

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

A.   Sun City

B.   Tucson

C.   Scottsdale

D.   Phoenix

A.   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.

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

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

D.   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

A.   Arizona

B.   Texas

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

D.   New Mexico

A.   Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

B.   Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

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

D.   Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

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

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

C.   Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

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

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

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

C.   NAFTA eliminates trade restrictions on products from embargoed countries.

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

A.   Bronchial problems

B.   Arthritis

C.   Cholera

D.   Mosquito-borne diseases

E.   Hepatitis

A.   Tornadoes

B.   Earthquakes

C.   Flooding

D.   Drought

A.   A small population

B.   A very low population

C.   A young population

D.   A suburban population

E.   An urban population

A.   Kansas

B.   Utah

C.   California

D.   Arizona

E.   Nevada

A.   America’s Longest Rivers

B.   America’s Most Beautiful River

C.   The Official Texas River List

D.   America’s Most Endangered River

E.   The National River List

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

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

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

D.   They are mostly Mexican-owned

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

A.   Steel

B.   weapons

C.   Beer and other beverages

D.   Petrochemicals

E.   Clothing

A.   Long-toed salamander

B.   West Indian manatee

C.   Silvery minnow

D.   Vaquita

E.   Shortnose sturgeon

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

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

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

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

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

A.   The atomic bomb

B.   The electric automobile

C.   The computer

D.   Military aircraft

A.   The Rocky Mountains

B.   The Great Plains

C.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

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

E.   The Basin and Range

A.   Cities that contain historical buildings from previous Spanish occupation.

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

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

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

A.   The Great Plains

B.   The Rocky Mountains

C.   The Intermontane

D.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

A.   South Padre Island

B.   Key West

C.   Fort Lauderdale

D.   Galveston

A.   Lightning

B.   Flash Flood

C.   Tornado

D.   Hurricane

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

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

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

D.   There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

A.   Brownsville

B.   Corpus Christi

C.   Houston

D.   Laredo

A.   Banking

B.   Tourism

C.   Trade

D.   Education