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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?
(a) 240.
(b) 560.
(c) 50.
(d) 1,200.

2. What river is known as the River of No Return?
(a) The Snake River.
(b) The Owyhee River.
(c) The Salmon River.
(d) The Yellowstone River.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, “Fifty-six years after the first earth was turned beside City Creek, the Mormons had” how many “acres under full or partial irrigation in several states”?
(a) 6,000,000.
(b) 250,000.
(c) 500,000.
(d) 2,000,000.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Marc Reisner born?

2. What is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth?

3. When was the Reclamation Act established?

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

5. What is the title of the book’s Introduction?

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