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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4 & 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 328 years.
(c) 134 years.
(d) 56 years.

2. Who did Charles Rockwood convince to join forces with him in irrigation, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) N.H. Darton.
(b) Michael Robinson.
(c) Bill Warne.
(d) George Chaffey.

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

4. When was Marc Reisner born?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1934.

5. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?
(a) 13,000.
(b) 9,400.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 7,600.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, “On the east side of the Sierra-Cascade crest, moisture drops immediately from as much as 150 inches of precipitation on the western slope to as little as” how many inches on the eastern slope?

2. The narrator states in Chapter Four that “If the Colorado River suddenly stopped flowing, you would have” how many “years of carryover capacity in the reservoirs before you had to evacuate most of southern California and Arizona and a good portion of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming”?

3. When was the Reclamation Act established?

4. Where was William Mulholland born?

5. What was the population of Los Angeles when Harrison Gray Otis moved there?

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