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A Test of People and Places Along the Texas-Mexico Border Alberto Dávila

A Test of People and Places Along the Texas-Mexico Border Alberto Dávila Neuhaus Center for Economic Education University of Texas-Pan American. The State of Texas has a population of over 25 million. Of these , 1 in 10 Texans live along the Texas-Mexico border.

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A Test of People and Places Along the Texas-Mexico Border Alberto Dávila

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  1. A Test of People and Places Along the Texas-Mexico Border Alberto Dávila Neuhaus Center for Economic Education University of Texas-Pan American

  2. The State of Texas has a population of over 25 million. Of these, • 1 in 10 Texans live along the Texas-Mexico border. • 1 in 100 Texans live along the Texas-Mexico border. • 1 in 1,000 Texans live along the Texas- Mexico border. • d. 1 in 10,000 Texans live along the Texas- Mexico border.

  3. The State of Texas has a population of over 25 million. Of these, • 1 in 10 Texans live along the Texas-Mexico border.(Correct Answer: 2.5 million). • 1 in 100 Texans live along the Texas-Mexico border. • 1 in 1,000 Texans live along the Texas- Mexico border. • d. 1 in 10,000 Texans live along the Texas- Mexico border.

  4. The most populated U.S. city along the Texas Mexico border is: • a. Reynosa. • b. Brownsville. • c. McAllen. • d. El Paso.

  5. The most populated U.S. city along the Texas Mexico border is: • a. Reynosa. • b. Brownsville. • c. McAllen. • d. El Paso. (Correct Answer: 773,125).

  6. The most populated U.S. community along the Texas-Mexico border is: • a. Dallas. • b. El Paso. • c. McAllen, Edinburg, Mission. • d. Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito.

  7. The most populated U.S. community along the Texas-Mexico border is: • a. Dallas. • b. El Paso. • c. McAllen, Edinburg, Mission. (Correct Answer: 793,137). • d. Brownsville, Harlingen, San Benito.

  8. Of the 9.8 million Hispanic Texans, close to 20 percent live on the U.S. side of the Texas-Mexico border. Which city (county) along this border is the most “Hispanic”? • a. Brownsville (Cameron). • b. Alpine (Brewster). • c. Van Horn (Culberson). • d. Rio Grande (Starr).

  9. Of the 9.8 million Hispanic Texans, close to 20 percent live on the U.S. side of the Texas-Mexico border. Which city (county) along this border is the most “Hispanic”? • a. Brownsville (Cameron). • b. Alpine (Brewster). • c. Van Horn (Culberson). • d. Rio Grande (Starr). (Correct Answer: 98 percent Hispanic).

  10. Please match the Texas border cities with their Mexican neighboring cities. Texas: Mexico: BrownsvillePiedrasNegras McAllen Ciudad Juarez Del Rio Reynosa Eagle Pass Matamoros El Paso Ciudad Acuña

  11. Please match the Texas border cities with their Mexican neighboring cities. Texas: Mexico: Brownsville Matamoros McAllen Reynosa Del Rio Ciudad Acuña Eagle Pass PiedrasNegras El Paso Ciudad Juarez

  12. Which Mexican States border Texas? • Chihuahua. • Nuevo Leon. • Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila. • d. Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Chihuahua.

  13. Which Mexican States border Texas? • Chihuahua. • Nuevo Leon. • Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon and Coahuila. • d. Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Chihuahua. (Correct Answer).

  14. Please rank order the populations of the following Mexican border cities along the Texas-Mexico border. • Cd. Acuña. • Cd. Juarez. • Matamoros. • Nuevo Laredo. • PiedrasNegras. • Reynosa.

  15. Please rank order the populations of the following Mexican border cities along the Texas-Mexico border. • Cd. Juarez. (One: 1,328,017). • Reynosa. (Two: 526,888). • Matamoros. (Three: 422,711). • Nuevo Laredo. (Four: 348,387). • Cd. Acuña. (Five: 209,000). • PiedrasNegras. (Six: 143,915).

  16. Many American workers work in Mexican border cities along the Texas-Mexico border. • a. True. • b. False.

  17. Many American workers work in Mexican border cities along the Texas-Mexico border. • a. True. (Correct Answer: Americans working in Maquiladoras). • b. False.

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