Study guide for Cadillac Desert Part 3, and Hidden in Plain View (Endangered Species in the
Central Valley).
Cadillac Desert
1. True of False. The Central Valley is drier than North Africa.
2. True of False. The Cent
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Study guide for Cadillac Desert Part 3, and Hidden in Plain View (Endangered Species in the
Central Valley).
Cadillac Desert
1. True of False. The Central Valley is drier than North Africa.
2. True of False. The Central Valley is home to the largest and most expensive waterworks in the world.
3. True of False. The Central Valley has the richest agricultural region in the history of the world.
4. True of False. The Central Valley has the most completely transformed landscape of its size anywhere
on Earth.
5. The Central Valley produces how much of America’s food?
6. In the 1700’s, how did people describe the ducks and geese in the region?
7. What large predator was found in large numbers in the Central Valley in the 1700’s?
8. What large deer-like species was found in large numbers in the Central Valley in 1700’s?
9. In 1862, a major event occurred in the Valley, stretching from San Francisco to Sacramento. What was
it?
10. Who built the first dam in California?
11. By 1900’s, where did farmers get their water from? How?
12. After World War 1, salesmen went from farm to farm selling what?
13. By 1930, what happened to oak trees in the area? Why?
14. What was the biggest dam of the Central Valley Project?
18. What disaster happened in 1955?
19. This disaster led to the State Water Project to control water in the state in a massive way. The
sentiment was “If any water reached the ocean, it was __
20. What modern technology did they test to excavate waterways (blast holes in the earth for new
waterways)?.
20. Central Valley Project brought water to one of the most desolate places in California – __
_ – as dry as the Mohave Desert. People thought that it would one day be home to thousands of small
farms.
21. How is water controlled today for Central Valley farmers?
22. For 2 weeks each spring and fall, all the ___ in America comes from the Westlands. Enough
cotton is produced each year to make _______ T-shirts.
23. What happened to the native fish and animals of the valley?
24. Winter-run Chinook salmon have mostly gone extinct. True or False.
25. With so much agriculture going on in the Westlands, problems started to develop. An “environmental
time bomb”. What did this refer to?
26. What does large amounts of selenium do to birds and animals?
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