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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the first recorded flood of the Mississippi River?
(a) 1543.
(b) 1643.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1743.

2. How did waves effect the levees?
(a) Their force broke them.
(b) The waves made the levee stronger.
(c) The waves didn't effect it at all.
(d) They eroded it.

3. During the 1900 a new demand surged in throughout the United States. What was that demand?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Silk.
(c) Spices.
(d) Gold.

4. River flow is measured in cubic feet per second (cfs). What happens as the cfs increases?
(a) The river's speed increases.
(b) A flood occurs.
(c) The river's depth increases.
(d) The direction of the river changes.

5. What happened in the Mississippi region between 1884-1889?
(a) Someone drove a submarine down the Mississippi.
(b) Railroads developed quickly.
(c) The Hoover Dam was built.
(d) The first person traveled cross country.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the high river levels threaten in 1912?

2. For decades, what were the levees constructed to do?

3. What year was the jetty project successfully completed?

4. Which two things did river height depend on?

5. Which three rivers continued to rise as their levees fail?

(see the answer key)

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