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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12 & Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year did the Hohokam culture disappear?
(a) 1275.
(b) 1400.
(c) 1625.
(d) 1550.

2. When did New York City build a pressurized siphon into its second Croton Aqueduct?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1860s.
(c) The 1950s.
(d) The 1890s.

3. When did the American Revolutionary War begin?
(a) 1812.
(b) 1775.
(c) 1892.
(d) 1941.

4. The drop to the Colorado River is nearly how many feet?
(a) 9,400.
(b) 7,600.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 13,000.

5. Where was Harry Chandler born?
(a) Arco, Idaho.
(b) Landaff, New Hampshire.
(c) Marquette, Michigan.
(d) Akron, Ohio.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Charles Rockwood see the Colorado River for the first time?

2. In January of 1862, San Francisco recorded how many inches of rain?

3. About what percent of the state of California receives less than twenty inches of precipitation a year?

4. Chapter Ten is subtitled what?

5. What is the title of Chapter Three?

(see the answer key)

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