View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Major General William F. Cassidy give a speech titled “The Future of Water Development” before a gathering of his peers in Davis, California, according to the author in Chapter Six?
(a) August 16, 1962.
(b) February 27, 1944.
(c) September 22, 1951.
(d) June 2, 1975.

2. The Pine Flat Dam is located approximately twenty miles east of what city?
(a) Fresno, California.
(b) Redding, California.
(c) Oakland, California.
(d) Truckee, California.

3. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1775.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1941.
(d) 1892.

4. Where is Bijou Creek located?
(a) Arizona.
(b) California.
(c) Washington.
(d) Colorado.

5. What were a series of conflicts between the city of Los Angeles, farmers and ranchers in the Owens Valley of Eastern California, and environmentalists called?
(a) The Great Acquisition.
(b) The Aquatic Revolution.
(c) The Urban Water Hoard.
(d) The California Water Wars.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did the American Revolutionary War end?

2. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?

3. What is the title of Chapter Six?

4. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?

5. By the mid-1920s, thanks to irrigation pumping, California had surpassed what as the richest agricultural state in the country?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 206 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample