"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] With which regions do you chiefly associate gas reserves?<fb>The reserves in the Gulf of Mexico are alluded to in the text as are those in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas.</fb>
{
	=Atlantic Plain
	Appalachian Plateau
	=Central Lowland
	Great Plains
	Rockies
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] To what factors do you attribute the economic decline of the Appalachian region?<fb>The first three because they progressively replaced the use of coal which once sustained the area economically.</fb>
{
	=Gas
	=Oil
	=Atomic energy
	Deforestation
	Soil erosion
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What is produced in the valleys of the western Cordillera?<fb>Information in the text</fb>
{
	=Vegetables
	Steel
	Coal
	Timber
	=Fruit
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which issue affecting Alaska has been the subject of recent debate?<fb>How could one not be aware of D?  The information is in the text anyway.</fb>
{
	Population decline
	Permafrost
	Global warming
	=Oil exploration
	Gas explosions
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] When was the St Lawrence Seaway opened?<fb>See text.</fb>
{
	1825
	1876
	1925
	=1959
	2006
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] What is the Superfund statute concerned with?<fb>It is part of a raft of environmental acts.</fb>
{
	Increasing agricultural production
	=Toxic waste sites
	Preventing landslip
	Enforcing clean air regulations
	Providing safe drinking water
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Why did Indian tribes increase in number in the Great Plains between 1700 and 1750?<fb>Hunting on horseback, as opposed to hunting on foot, increased their food supply.</fb>
{
	Because settlers had no interest in these areas
	=Because they started hunting bison on horseback
	Because many Indians fled there from foreign settlers
	They developed high resistance to European diseases
	They acquired guns to protect themselves from settlers
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which term best describes the American population?<fb>Whilst A, B and D may apply to some of the population, C is the best historical descriptor.</fb>
{
	Very static
	Resistant to change
	=Highly mobile
	Economically deprived 
	Very prone to illness
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which city does the Erie Canal serve?<fb>Consult a map if in doubt!</fb>
{
	Baltimore
	Chicago
	Cleveland
	Philadelphia
	=New York
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which of the following are the principal product of the American South?<fb>Information in text</fb>
{
	Tobacco 
	Wheat 
	=Maize
	Citrus fruits
	=Cotton
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] How did New Mexico and Arizona become part of the Union?<fb>It was Louisiana that was purchased!</fb>
{
	They were purchased from Napoleon
	They were purchased from Spain
	=They were seized in a war
	They joined after the Civil War
	They were purchased from Mexico
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] When was the transcontinental railroad to Los Angeles completed?<fb>Hence the high growth rate of LA towards the end of the century.</fb>
{
	1845
	1855
	1865
	1875
	=1885
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] When did Hawaii become a US territory?<fb>It only became a state in 1959 but had been a territory for much longer.</fb>
{
	1880
	1900
	=1959
	1963
	1984
}"
"[MULTIPLE-MSELECT] Which state has the highest unemployment rate in the US?<fb>Based on the information in the text</fb>
{
	Arizona
	=Alaska
	Maine
	Nevada
	North Carolina - based on the information in the text
}"