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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. John Wesley Powell figured that if you evenly distributed all of the surface water flowing between the Columbia River and the Gulf of Mexico, you would have what?
(a) Astounding yields on farms covering a quarter of the country.
(b) The most productive agricultural system the world has ever seen.
(c) Lush green pastures as far as the eye can see.
(d) A desert almost indistinguishable from what is there today.

2. When was John Wesley Powell born?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1834.
(c) 1896.
(d) 1807.

3. In 1952, when Los Angeles built a second battery of pumps at the head of its aqueduct, California’s diversion climbed toward how many acre-feet?
(a) 5.3 million.
(b) 12.5 million.
(c) 2.8 million.
(d) 8.2 million.

4. How many major dams does the author say California has in the Introduction?
(a) 240.
(b) 560.
(c) 50.
(d) 1,200.

5. Where is Bijou Creek located?
(a) Arizona.
(b) Washington.
(c) California.
(d) Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the population of Phoenix, Arizona, in 1960?

2. The largest of the canals dug by the Hohokam was fifteen miles long and how many yards wide from bank to bank?

3. 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?

4. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “Figures for 1946, published in a Senate report on the acreage limitation, reveal that Standard Oil owned” how many acres in the probable CVP service area?

5. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?

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