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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?
(a) Francis G. Newlands.
(b) Barry Goldwater.
(c) Jim Casey.
(d) Raymond Hill.

2. 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) Trincala.
(b) Bahmona.
(c) Hohokam.
(d) Brenula.

3. When was the Reclamation Act established?
(a) 1902.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1897.
(d) 1854.

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

5. How many acres of marsh and swamp forest were converted to farms in Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) 60 million.
(b) 25 million.
(c) 9 million.
(d) 3 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?

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

3. When was John Wesley Powell born?

4. Where was Marc Reisner born?

5. What does the author claim in the Introduction that, “because of their moisture requirements,” are our physiological counterparts in the kingdom of plants?

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