1. The Central Arizona Project was envisioned by which U.S. Senator?
(a) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.
(b) Barry Goldwater.
(c) Bill Warne.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

2. Where was Harry S. Truman born?
(a) Medford, Oregon.
(b) Cody, Wyoming.
(c) Lamar, Missouri.
(d) Pueblo, Colorado.

3. What was the name of the city in which the Hohokam lived and where downtown Phoenix is today?
(a) Buena Vista.
(b) Pueblo Grande.
(c) Palo Cedro.
(d) Mesa Verde.

4. The author states in Chapter Ten that “In eighty-two years, the Bureau would see the breakup of only one major illegal landholding through to the end” What company was this?
(a) The Tenneco Corporation.
(b) Sierra Pacific Industries.
(c) The DiGiorgio Company.
(d) Irvine Ranch.

5. San Francisco is just slightly rainier than which Mexican city, according to the author in Chapter Ten?
(a) Mexico City.
(b) Tijuana.
(c) Chihuahua.
(d) Monterrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which year did Secretary of State Cordell Hull formally promise Mexico the 1.5 million acre-feet that had been set-aside for it by the Colorado River Compact?

2. The Kern County Land Company was originally put together by James Ben Ali Haggin and who?

3. What is the motto of the Corps of Engineers?

4. In what year was the legislation on the Hoover Dam passed?

5. Where is Bijou Creek located?

(see the answer key)

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