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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. In January of 1862, San Francisco recorded how many inches of rain?
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?
3. The Kern County Land Company was originally put together by James Ben Ali Haggin and who?
4. Who was Pat Brown’s water resources chief?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
2. How does the author describe the benefits of the Central Valley Project for American farmers in Chapter Ten?
3. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?
4. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
5. When did Floyd Elgin Dominy arrive at the Bureau of Reclamation? What were his assets there?
6. How does the author describe the conservation movement’s efforts in relation to the water-development interests in Chapter Seven?
7. Who does the author describe as being absent at the dedication of the Hoover Dam in Chapter Eight?
8. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?
9. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?
10. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the Reclamation Act and its impact on the environment of the American West. When was the Act introduced? Who supported it? Why?
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 B. B. Moeur and the Boulder Canyon Project. Why did Moeur have lower opinions of the project? How did his constituents feel about the projects?How did these opinions prove to be right or wrong in the end?
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