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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what date did Franklin Roosevelt dedicate the Hoover Dam?
(a) September 30, 1935.
(b) June 6, 1928.
(c) December 4, 1942.
(d) April 25, 1907.

2. Richard Wilson had a degree in agricultural engineering from which institution?
(a) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(b) Princeton University.
(c) Dartmouth College.
(d) Columbia University.

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

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

5. In which year does the author state that “Congress received two separate reports on developing the Kings and the Kern: one on a traditional Reclamation project, the other on a project that purported to be for flood control, but which, by controlling the river’s runoff and drying up Tulare Lake, would irrigate a roughly equal amount of land”?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1929.

Short Answer Questions

1. About what percent of the state of California receives less than twenty inches of precipitation a year?

2. 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?

3. In what county is Phoenix, Arizona?

4. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?

5. In passing the Boulder Canyon Project Act, Congress had implied that Arizona’s share was at least how many acre-feet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?

2. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?

3. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?

4. How was the Central Valley Project different from other Reclamation projects, according to the author?

5. How does the author describe the conservation movement’s efforts in relation to the water-development interests in Chapter Seven?

6. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?

7. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?

8. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?

9. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?

10. How does the author describe the Hohokam’s efforts at irrigation in Chapter Eight?

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