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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. What did Powell find in the Indian dwellings?

2. What color were the cliffs Powell explored on May 31st?

3. Which boat got into a dangerous situation in the Canyon of Lodore?

4. What is the highest elevation of the high region?

5. What was the name of the pioneer boat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which Native American tribes lived in the Colorado River Valley?

2. What piece of equipment was lost in the wreck at Disaster Falls and how was it retrieved?

3. What Indian tribes inhabited the Terrace Plateaus?

4. Describe the high region of the Colorado River Valley.

5. Describe the Pink and Gray Cliffs.

6. The group often named places along the river for physical descriptions of the landscape or river. What examples of this are in Chapter VI?

7. What is the Tewan Plateau?

8. What were the names of the boats in Powell's journey?

9. What are the buttes of the Colorado River Valley?

10. Powell took ten men with him on the expedition down the Colorado. Describe one of these men.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze Powell's leadership qualities as they relate to his exploration of the Colorado River. What qualified him as a leader? Was he a good leader? Support your answer with evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book there are many instances where the group worked together as a team to survive the dangerous rapids. In particular, they worked as a team to get their boats over falls by using lines. Using examples from the text, analyze the importance of teamwork as shown in The Exploration of the of Colorado River and Its Canyons.

Essay Topic 3

What genre is this book? What examples from the text support this? Could it be considered any others or more than one?

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