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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described as “a lawyer in the Interior solicitor’s office through the 1960s and early 1970s, until she resigned and joined the legal staff of California’s Department of Water Resources” in Chapter Ten?

2. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?

3. When was the Central Valley Project Act passed in California?

4. 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?

5. What is the title of Chapter Nine?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?

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

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

4. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?

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

6. Who was Michael Strauss? How is he described by the author?

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

8. Who were the members of the Hohokam culture? When did they thrive and disappear?

9. How does the author describe the benefits of the Central Valley Project for American farmers in Chapter Ten?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the impact of the Rocky Mountain Fur Trading Company in the settlement of the West. When was the company developed? What furs were the trappers seeking in crossing over the Mississippi? What environmental impact did they have there?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of damming in the American South. Why did the South construct as many dams as it did? How do these dams differ from those in California and the West? What has been their impact on the environment?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Emil Haury and the Hohokam culture. What book did Haury write about the Hohokam? What reasons did he give for their disappearance? theories does the author present? Do they differ from Haury’s? Why or why not?

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