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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) The Continental Divide.
(b) The American Ridge.
(c) The Rocky Mountains.
(d) The Canadian Spur.

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

3. Who is quoted in the beginning of Chapter Four as stating, “Ours was the first and will doubtless be the last party of whites to visit this profitless locale”?
(a) Marriner Stoddard Eccles.
(b) Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.
(c) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?

2. When was Harry Chandler born?

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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