GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 - Questions and Answers

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GCU 322 Reading Quiz 9 - Questions and Answers The basic specialized secondary industry of the region is _____, which is found near the Gulf coast from Pascagoula to Corpus Christi. petroleum refini ... ng Shrimp trawlers take an average of _____ pounds of bycatch (unwanted fish) for every pound of shrimp caught. 10 Lake Okeechobee overflows broadly southward through the Shark River Slough in a channel 50 miles wide that maintains the natural water supply of the _____ and Big Cypress Swamp. Everglades The US Department of Energy oversees the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which currently has 650 million barrels of oil secured in four main storage facilities in: Texas and Louisiana Siamese walking catfish, Mexican armadillos, African cattle egrets, Indian rhesus monkeys, South American giant toads, and Australian parakeets represent only a sampling of the international wildlife depository that _____ has become. Florida The Lakeland-Winter Haven area is also growing rapidly; a midstate megalopolis is in the making here, stretching from _____ to _____. St. Petersburg/ Orlando Miami's role as gateway to _____ is stronger than ever. Latin America Which of the following cities is NOT included in the Houston conurbation? Corpus Christi In the extreme southeastern corner of Texas are the Sabine Lake cities of: Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange _____ is still a major cattle-raising state, although most of the cattle are shipped out of the state as calves for fattening and slaughter, and usually they are sold as yearlings to feeder lots in the Midwest or other places, including California. Florida The urbanized zone of South Florida extends almost uninterruptedly to _____, which is 50 miles north of the Miami CBD. Palm Beach _____ shells from dead reefs provide industry with a cheap and abundant supply of lime. Oyster Petrochemical plants are scattered along the coast from Mobile to Brownsville, but the main concentrations are in the major refining areas along the _____ Ship Canal, around Texas City, in the vicinity of Sabine Lake, around Lake Charles, and along the lower Mississippi River. Houston Founded in 1565, St. Augustine is also the oldest continuously inhabited _____ settlement in US. European The Southeastern Coast is a prototypical humid _____ climate characterized by heavy rainfall and a long growing season. Subtropical With more than 52 million visitors annually, what is considered the most popular vacation resort in the world is near the city of: Orlando Florida has been a sugarcane producer since 1931, but the output was relatively limited until the 1960s, when US ceased buying _____ sugar. Cuban _____ had glory days during colonial and Confederate times (presumably not so glorious in the eyes of the many unwilling participants taken to these major ports of the slave trade). Charleston and Savannah Padre Island, extending for 100 miles south from _____, has the longest stretch of undeveloped beach in the nation. Corpus Christi Hurricane Katrina heavily damaged New Orleans, as an estimated _____ percent of the city was underwater because of the rains and storm surge. 80 Visitors flock to Florida from almost every state and many foreign countries, but the majority are urban dwellers from east of the Mississippi and north of the _____ Rivers. Ohio and Potomac [Show More]

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