Getting the Goods

1. True or false: During the Port of Mobile's history, the flags of four countries—Britain, Spain, France, and the United States—have flown over it.

True
False

2. What share of grain exported from the United States moves through the Port of New Orleans?

20 percent
40 percent
60 percent

3. True or false: The Port of Greater Baton Rouge is the northernmost port on the Mississippi River capable of handling Panamax ships.

True
False

4. Which port does Disney use to import most of the merchandise headed for its central Florida theme parks?

The Port of Jacksonville
The Port of Fort Lauderdale
The Port of Tampa

5.The Port of Mobile is connected to what body of water by 1,500 miles of inland waterways?

Lake Minnetonka
The Great Lakes
Lake Mead

6. True or false: Port Everglades is contiguous to Everglades National Park.

True
False

7. Florida’s Port Canaveral has become the world’s top port for cruise passenger traffic. Which southeastern port did it surpass to claim the top spot?

Port of New Orleans
Port of Miami
Port of Savannah

8. The Port of New Orleans is the nation's top handler of which beverage ingredient?

Coffee beans
Cola nuts
Tea leaves

9. The Port of Tampa played a key role in which American war?

The Civil War
The Spanish-American War
The War of 1812

10. The Port of Savannah exports more than 40 percent of which US-produced food product?

Beef
Seafood
Poultry

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