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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10 & 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1885, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad linked Los Angeles directly with what city?
(a) New York City.
(b) Kansas City.
(c) Boston.
(d) Chicago.

2. What was the eleventh-largest landowner in California in 1980?
(a) The DiGiorgio Company.
(b) Irvine Ranch.
(c) Sierra Pacific Industries.
(d) The Tenneco Corporation.

3. The California Aqueduct begins at what location?
(a) Folsom Dam.
(b) New Bullards Bar Dam.
(c) Oroville Dam.
(d) Shasta Dam

4. In 1848, what was the population of San Francisco?
(a) 2,500.
(b) 4,500.
(c) 9,000.
(d) 800.

5. When was William Mulholland born?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1823.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?

2. In what year was the Hoover Dam dedicated?

3. The author states in the Introduction that California has the two biggest irrigation projects on earth, but its irrigated acreage is not much larger than what U.S. state?

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

5. How long does the author say civilization had existed in Utah since Brigham Young led his followers there, in the Introduction?

(see the answer key)

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