1. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?
(a) Thirty Palms Resort.
(b) Mesa Verde Lodge.
(c) Bishop’s Lodge.
(d) Desert Oasis Hotel and Spa.

2. The Sierra Nevada foothills are how many miles across the Central Valley from San Francisco?
(a) 225.
(b) 35.
(c) 80.
(d) 150.

3. The annual income of Las Vegas is what percentage of the entire gross national product of Egypt, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) 5%.
(b) 25%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 10%.

4. The Grand Coulee is an ancient riverbed in what U.S. state?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Colorado.
(c) Montana.
(d) Washington.

5. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1812.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year does the author state that “Congress received two separate reports on developing the Kings and the Kern: one on a traditional Reclamation project, the other on a project that purported to be for flood control, but which, by controlling the river’s runoff and drying up Tulare Lake, would irrigate a roughly equal amount of land”?

2. The negotiation of the Colorado River Compact took place in what year, under the guidance of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover?

3. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?

4. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?

5. When was the Reclamation Act established?

(see the answer key)

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