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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 2 & 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Harry Chandler born?
(a) Akron, Ohio.
(b) Marquette, Michigan.
(c) Arco, Idaho.
(d) Landaff, New Hampshire.

2. Where was Marc Reisner born?
(a) Durango, Colorado.
(b) Billings, Montana.
(c) St. Paul, Minnesota.
(d) Knoxville, Tennessee.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the title of Chapter Three?

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?

3. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?

4. Where was Harrison Gray Otis born?

5. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?

(see the answer key)

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