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Arizona Water Story Video Guide
Segment 1: The Water We Take for Granted Segment 2: Arizona Wasn’t Always This Way
Read these questions before you view the video. Read these questions before you view the video.
Look and listen for the answers while you are Look and listen for the answers while you are
watching the video. watching the video.
1. What is one way the characters in the video use water? 1. What is the name we give to the Native Americans
who lived in central Arizona during prehistoric times?
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2. What region of the U.S. is Arizona located in?
2. Describe the contributions of the Hohokam people.
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3. What river connects all the states in our region and _________________________________________________
Wyoming? __________________________________ 3. Who was Jack Swilling? What was his contribution to
4. All the rivers in Arizona are ____________________ . the development of what is now Arizona?____________
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5. Write the names of the three regions of Arizona
into the blanks in the table below. 4. Describe how Tucson became part of the U.S.
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6. Describe the characteristics of the three regions
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in the table below.
5. Why was it hard to control the water in this
area in the 1800s? _______________________________
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6. What did the farmers in the area want to do to control
the flow of water to their farms and homes?
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7. Describe what President Theodore Roosevelt did to help
the problem.
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8. What was SRP’s first purpose? How did it solve
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Which region receives the most rainfall? ________ the problem of controlling the water? __________________
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Why do you think that is? _____________________ 9. Describe how Roosevelt Dam was built.
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Segment 3: What About Tomorrow?
Read these questions before you view the video.
Look and listen for the answers while you are
watching the video.
1. A large amount of water is typically measured
in acre-foot quantities. How much is an acre-foot?
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2. Why did we need to build more dams in Arizona
in the 20th century?
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3. Dams are used as storage reservoirs. What can
they also be used for? ________________________
4. What is the longest man-made river (canal) in Arizona?
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5. Describe how CAP “recharges” water into the ground.
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6. Describe how water gets from the watershed to
your home.
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7. Name ways you can conserve water at home.
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