1. What mountain range described in the Introduction stretches approximately 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States?
(a) The Cascade Range.
(b) The Sierra Nevada.
(c) The Wasatch Range.
(d) The Brooks Range.

2. John Wesley Powell figured that if you evenly distributed all of the surface water flowing between the Columbia River and the Gulf of Mexico, you would have what?
(a) Lush green pastures as far as the eye can see.
(b) Astounding yields on farms covering a quarter of the country.
(c) The most productive agricultural system the world has ever seen.
(d) A desert almost indistinguishable from what is there today.

3. When was Franklin D. Roosevelt born?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1907.

4. What is the motto of the Corps of Engineers?
(a) “Our Way or the Highway.”
(b) “Rearranging Nature.”
(c) “Building Tomorrow Today.”
(d) “Strength through Infrastructure.”

5. When was Harry Chandler born?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1918.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the four major prehistoric archaeological Oasisamerica traditions of what is now the American Southwest which the author describes in Chapter One?

2. What from San Bernardino found their way to the 1884 World’s Fair in New Orleans, where they attracted crowds?

3. When did the American Revolutionary War end?

4. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?

5. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?

(see the answer key)

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