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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?
(a) First Causes.
(b) A Semidesert with a Desert Heart.
(c) Chinatown.
(d) Rivals in Crime.

2. According to the author, “New England was completely forested in 1620 and nearly deforested” how many years later?
(a) 150.
(b) 30.
(c) 85.
(d) 120.

3. 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?
(a) Hohokam.
(b) Bahmona.
(c) Trincala.
(d) Brenula.

4. 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) Astounding yields on farms covering a quarter of the country.
(b) Lush green pastures as far as the eye can see.
(c) A desert almost indistinguishable from what is there today.
(d) The most productive agricultural system the world has ever seen.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “Modern Utah, where large-scale irrigation has been going on longer than anywhere else,” has what percent of its land area under cultivation?
(a) 24.
(b) 3.
(c) 12.
(d) 39.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name given to the principal hydrological divide of the Americas that separates the watersheds which drain into the Pacific Ocean?

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

3. When was the Reclamation Act established?

4. For what organization was Marc Reisner a staff writer from 1972 to 1979?

5. What is the state capital of Utah?

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