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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. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?
2. Historically, the four rivers of Tulare Basin went into two terminal lakes, Tulare and what?
3. In San Francisco, average rainfall in May is how much?
4. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
5. In 1962, the total amount of federally built reservoir storage in the nation was somewhere around how many acres-feet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What caused the disappearance of the members of the Hohokam civilization?
2. What project does the author describe as symbolic of California’s wealth in Chapter Ten?
3. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?
4. What caused a change for California’s economy in the 1920s?
5. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
6. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
7. Who does the author describe as being absent at the dedication of the Hoover Dam in Chapter Eight?
8. What impressions did Floyd Elgin Dominy make on the members of the Bureau of Reclamation? When was his breakthrough there?
9. How does the author describe the Hohokam’s efforts at irrigation in Chapter Eight?
10. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the Colorado River and the Boulder Canyon Project. When was the project first proposed? How long did it take for its completion?How has the damming of the Colorado changed the environment around it?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Floyd Elgin Dominy. When and where was Dominy born? How is he characterized in the text? What opposing views can be found in written history?What were his aspirations within the Bureau of Reclamation?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the themes of ideology and hypocrisy as illustrated in Cadillac Desert. In the author’s point of view, how did political leaning have sway on environmental depletion? How does the theme of the American Dream relate to these concepts?
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