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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction & Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did Marc Reisner die?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1992.
(c) 2007.
(d) 1977.

2. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?
(a) 212 years.
(b) 56 years.
(c) 328 years.
(d) 134 years.

3. What is the name given to the principal hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds which drain into the Pacific Ocean?
(a) The American Ridge.
(b) The Rocky Mountains.
(c) The Canadian Spur.
(d) The Continental Divide.

4. What is the state capital of Utah?
(a) Salt Lake City.
(b) Ogden.
(c) Moab.
(d) Provo.

5. What is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth?
(a) MapQuest.
(b) Google Maps.
(c) The SatNav Registry.
(d) The Landsat Program.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?

2. What river is known as the River of No Return?

3. When did Francisco Vásquez de Coronado set out on horseback from Mexico with a couple of hundred men, driving into the uncharted North, according to the author in Chapter One?

4. Where was John Wesley Powell born?

5. A letter is quoted in Chapter One from Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to whom?

(see the answer key)

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