True or false.Write a T for each statement that is true and an F for each one that is false. All five relate to the American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of history article on pp. 12-14. --1. The drought drought, abnormally long period of insufficient rainfall. Drought cannot be defined in terms of inches of rainfall or number of days without rain, since it is determined by such variable factors as the distribution in time and area of precipitation during and before and the Dust Bowl caused the Great Depression. --2. The area known as the Dust Bowl is in the Midwestern and Southern Plains regions. --3. Breathing too much of the dusty soil could cause an illness known as dust flu. --4. Dust Bowlers heading for California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). had to cross a desert. --5. Rain finally fell in late 1939. 1. false (The Great Depression began in 1929, the drought bit in 1931.) 2. true 3. false (It was known as dust pneumonia Dust pneumonia describes disorders caused by excessive exposure to dust storms, particularly during the Dust Bowl in the United States. A form of pneumonia, dust pneumonia resulted when the lungs filled with dust, inflaming the alveoli. .) 4. true 5. true |
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