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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 passing the Boulder Canyon Project Act, Congress had implied that Arizona’s share was at least how many acre-feet?
2. The Central Arizona Project was envisioned by which U.S. Senator?
3. 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?
4. The Hoover Dam is on the border between which two U.S. states?
5. Which mountains separate southern California from the San Joaquin Valley?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author describe Floyd Elgin Dominy? When and where did he begin his career?
2. Where and how did Floyd Elgin Dominy make enemies in his role at the Bureau of Reclamation?
3. How does the author describe the conservation movement’s efforts in relation to the water-development interests in Chapter Seven?
4. How does the author describe the principle limiting factor in Californian water supply currently in Chapter Ten?
5. How is the Fontenelle Dam described by the author? Where is it located?
6. What were B. B. Moeur’s feelings about the Colorado River Compact?
7. What led to the political downfall of Floyd Elgin Dominy?
8. What misconception about California’s climate does the author describe in the beginning of Chapter Ten?
9. How is the Gila River in its historic past described by the author?
10. How does the author compare both the Bureau of Reclamation and the Army Corps of Engineers and their faults in the book?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the settings and environments of the Kings, the Kaweah, the Tule, and the Kern Rivers. How were each of these rivers impacted by the Corps of Engineers?What do the rivers look like today? How have they changed in 100 years?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Major General William F. Cassidy, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Reclamation. Why does the author consider these two bureaucracies to be “rivals in crime”? On what date did Major General William F. Cassidy give a speech titled “The Future of Water Development” and what did this speech entail?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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