1. In California, how much of the population resides in the drought-ridden south, according to the author in Chapter Twelve?
(a) Three-quarters.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-quarter.
(d) Two-thirds.

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

3. The first boom of travelers to Los Angeles culminated in what year, according to the author in Chapter Two?
(a) 1920.
(b) 1933.
(c) 1905.
(d) 1889.

4. According to the author of The Path to Power, Lyndon Johnson owed his political career largely to what?
(a) The Marshall Ford Dam.
(b) The Hoover Dam.
(c) The Shasta Dam.
(d) The Folsom Dam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was to the man to “discover a malleable yellow rock in the tail race of Sutter’s Mill on the American River above Sacramento” in the 1800s,” according to the author in Chapter One?

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

3. A flow of eight hundred gallons a minute will fill an Olympic swimming pool in how much time?

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

5. What river is known as the River of No Return?

(see the answer key)

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