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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The population of San Francisco went over how many in 1853?
(a) 75,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 150,000.
(d) 100,000.

2. 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) Lush green pastures as far as the eye can see.
(b) Astounding yields on farms covering a quarter of the country.
(c) A desert almost indistinguishable from what is there today.
(d) The most productive agricultural system the world has ever seen.

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) 10%.
(c) 40%.
(d) 25%.

4. Which states are touched by the Colorado River?
(a) Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
(b) New Mexico, Arizona, and Colorado.
(c) Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado.
(d) Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

5. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?
(a) “A Country of Illusion.”
(b) “Chinatown.”
(c) “Those Who Refuse to learn…”
(d) “The Go-Go Years.”

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who represented Sam Rayburn’s old district, and whose interest in water projects would elevate him to chairman of the House Public Works Committee?

3. The author states in Chapter Two, “Brigham Young dispatched a party of his most loyal disciples, in 1851 to follow whose old route to the coast?

4. The California Aqueduct begins at what location?

5. When was Marc Reisner born?

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