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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Reclamation Act was authored by what U.S. Representative?
(a) Francis G. Newlands.
(b) Barry Goldwater.
(c) Raymond Hill.
(d) Jim Casey.

2. Harry Morrison and Morris Knudsen, two engineers formerly with the Bureau of Reclamation, went into business together where, according to the author in Chapter Four?
(a) Chicago, Illinois.
(b) Fargo, North Dakota.
(c) Boise, Idaho.
(d) Miami, Florida.

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?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Idaho.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Alabama.

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

5. When was Harrison Gray Otis born?
(a) 1856.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1837.

6. According to the author in the Introduction, “On the east side of the Sierra-Cascade crest, moisture drops immediately from as much as 150 inches of precipitation on the western slope to as little as” how many inches on the eastern slope?
(a) 22.
(b) 38.
(c) 13.
(d) 4.

7. What is the title of Chapter Three?
(a) “The Red Queen.”
(b) “First Causes.”
(c) “Things Fall Apart.”
(d) “A Country of Illusion.”

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

9. In what year was the Boulder Dam authorized and the All-American Canal on the condition that at least six of the seven states ratify the compact?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1936.

10. At what swank resort outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, did the negotiation of the Colorado River Compact take place?
(a) Bishop’s Lodge.
(b) Mesa Verde Lodge.
(c) Thirty Palms Resort.
(d) Desert Oasis Hotel and Spa.

11. A letter is quoted in Chapter One from Francisco Vásquez de Coronado to whom?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza.
(c) Lieutenant Joseph Christmas Ives.
(d) Barry Goldwater.

12. What was the population of San Francisco in 1851?
(a) 48,000.
(b) 27,000.
(c) 35,000.
(d) 12,000.

13. 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?
(a) 3.
(b) 39.
(c) 24.
(d) 12.

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

15. What is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of satellite imagery of Earth?
(a) The Landsat Program.
(b) The SatNav Registry.
(c) MapQuest.
(d) Google Maps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost all of the rain in Napa Valley falls between which months?

2. What is the state capital of Utah?

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. Where was Marc Reisner born?

5. What western city does the author describe “with exotic palms and golf-course lawns and a five-hundred-foot fountain and an artificial surf” in the Introduction?

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