A.   200 years

B.   100 years

C.   50 years

D.   300 years

A.   NAFTA standardized finance and service exchanges

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

C.   NAFTA was established in 1994

D.   NAFTA created more jobs for Mexicans

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

A.   New Mexico

B.   California

C.   Nevada

D.   Arizona

E.   Texas

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

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

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

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.   Santa Fe

B.   San Antonio

C.   Las Cruces

D.   Albuquerque

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

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

C.   El Paso's 'twin city' is Juarez

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

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

A.   They sweat to cool down.

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

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

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

A.   Tucson

B.   Phoenix

C.   Scottsdale

D.   Sun City

A.   Near the Sierra Madres

B.   Near the Gulf of California

C.   Near the Rio Grande River

D.   Near the Grand Canyon

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

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

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

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

E.   It increased the flow of American retirees into Mexico

A.   Tucson

B.   Phoenix

C.   Sun City

D.   Scottsdale

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 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.

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

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

B.   New Mexico

C.   Arizona

D.   Texas

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

B.   Eastern MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

C.   Precipitation is fairly even from east to west.

D.   Western MexAmerica gets more precipitation.

A.   Southern portions of Arizona and New Mexico

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

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

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

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

A.   Hepatitis

B.   Bronchial problems

C.   Mosquito-borne diseases

D.   Cholera

E.   Arthritis

A.   Tornadoes

B.   Earthquakes

C.   Drought

D.   Flooding

A.   A young population

B.   An urban population

C.   A small population

D.   A very low population

E.   A suburban population

A.   Nevada

B.   Kansas

C.   Arizona

D.   Utah

E.   California

A.   America’s Longest Rivers

B.   America’s Most Endangered River

C.   America’s Most Beautiful River

D.   The National River List

E.   The Official Texas River List

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

B.   They are mostly Mexican-owned

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

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

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

A.   Steel

B.   Beer and other beverages

C.   Clothing

D.   weapons

E.   Petrochemicals

A.   West Indian manatee

B.   Shortnose sturgeon

C.   Vaquita

D.   Long-toed salamander

E.   Silvery minnow

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

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.   Native Americans account for about one percent of the population

A.   The electric automobile

B.   The atomic bomb

C.   The computer

D.   Military aircraft

A.   The Rocky Mountains

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

C.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

D.   The Great Plains

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

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

A.   The Rocky Mountains

B.   The Gulf Coastal Plain

C.   The Intermontane

D.   The Great Plains

A.   Galveston

B.   Fort Lauderdale

C.   Key West

D.   South Padre Island

A.   Hurricane

B.   Tornado

C.   Lightning

D.   Flash Flood

A.   There is very little agriculture in MexAmerica

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

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

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

A.   Corpus Christi

B.   Brownsville

C.   Houston

D.   Laredo

A.   Tourism

B.   Education

C.   Banking

D.   Trade