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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 & 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What mountain range described in the Introduction stretches approximately 160 miles from the Utah-Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States?
(a) The Wasatch Range.
(b) The Cascade Range.
(c) The Sierra Nevada.
(d) The Brooks Range.

3. The author describes flying over the state of Utah on his way back to California in what year in the Introduction?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1964.

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

5. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?
(a) March to July.
(b) November to March.
(c) May to September.
(d) August to December.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom did Harrison Gray Otis purchase the Santa Barbara Press?

2. In what year did Marc Reisner die?

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

4. What is one of the largest and hottest deserts in North America, with an area of 311,000 square kilometers?

5. The Central Arizona Project was envisioned by which U.S. Senator?

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