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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. According to the author in Chapter Ten, “Figures for 1946, published in a Senate report on the acreage limitation, reveal that Standard Oil owned” how many acres in the probable CVP service area?

2. The largest of the canals dug by the Hohokam was fifteen miles long and how many yards wide from bank to bank?

3. What was the name of the city in which the Hohokam lived and where downtown Phoenix is today?

4. 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?

5. The Central Arizona Project was created by the Colorado River Basin Project Act of which year?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What project does the author describe as symbolic of California’s wealth in Chapter Ten?

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

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

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

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

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

8. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the life and beliefs of Brigham Young. Why were the Mormons persecuted in the East for their beliefs? What made them choose to move to the West?What was this region like at the time of the Mormon settlement? How did they change it?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss President Jimmy Carter. When was Carter elected? How many terms did he serve? What was Carter’s position with the Bureau of Reclamation?How did Carter compare with other presidents in this regard?

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