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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. In his budget request for fiscal year 1945, FDR included a request of how much money to permit the Bureau to begin work on the Kings River?
(a) $3 million.
(b) $1 million.
(c) $5 million.
(d) $8 million.

2. According to the author in Chapter Eight, “The first serious doubts about the 7.5-million-acre-foot figure were raised bywhat distinguished hydrologic engineer at a conference in Washington, D.C., in 1953?
(a) Emil Haury.
(b) Raymond Hill.
(c) Henry J. Kaiser.
(d) Herbert Grubb.

3. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “In Kern County, where the depth to groundwater is much greater, farmers who had pumped from 275 feet during World War II were pumping from 460 feet by” what year?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1977.

4. What is the title of Chapter Eight?
(a) “Things Fall Apart.”
(b) “An American Nile (II).”
(c) “Chinatown.”
(d) “Dominy.”

5. The 17.5-million-acre-foot yield that the Compact negotiators had ascribed to the Colorado River was based on about how many years of stream flow measurement, according to the author in Chapter Eight?
(a) 18.
(b) 52.
(c) 71.
(d) 25.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the mid-1920s, thanks to irrigation pumping, California had surpassed what as the richest agricultural state in the country?

2. Who wrote the archeological record titled Snaketown?

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

4. The author states in Chapter Ten that agriculture uses what percent of all the water in California?

5. In what year did Harry S. Truman assume the office of the U.S. Presidency?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the Fontenelle Dam described by the author? Where is it located?

3. How does the author describe the assets of the members of the Hohokam culture in Chapter Eight?

4. What caused the disappearance of the members of the Hohokam civilization?

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

6. How does Marc Reisner describe the winter of 1861-1862 for Californians in Chapter Ten?

7. What was Floyd Elgin Dominy’s position at the Board of Reclamation? How did he feel about his position?

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

9. Who does the author describe as being absent at the dedication of the Hoover Dam in Chapter Eight?

10. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?

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