The Ideas Associated with Prior Appropriation Fostered the Attitude That

question 10

Multiple Choice

The ideas associated with prior appropriation fostered the attitude that

• A) natural resources exist to serve human needs and advance profits.
• B) water, unlike other natural resources, may not be held and used as private property.
• C) only people who live along the banks of rivers and streams may appropriate from the water's flow.
• D) the natural beauty of the rivers and streams must be protected from corporate greed.

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