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Life Along the Haw

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What European is believed to have been the first to see/cross the Haw River?

a)

Juan Pardo

b)

Christopher Columbus

c)

John Lawson

d)

John Smith

2.

How many square miles make up the Haw River watershed?

a)

2,500

b)

1,707

c)

1,000

d)

750

3.

What percentage of the population of North Carolina lives in the Haw River basin?

a)

10

b)

25

c)

50

d)

75

4.

Where is the spring that is the source for the Haw located?

a)

Roanoke Rapids

b)

Kernersville

c)

Raleigh

d)

Charlotte

5.

How long is the Haw River?

a)

25 Miles

b)

110 Miles

c)

200 Miles

d)

300 Miles

6.

Who is believed to have been the first European American settlers who lived permanently along the Haw River at the town of Haw River?

a)

Bob Scott

b)

John Holt

c)

Jacob Trollinger

d)

Stephen Green

7.

What modern day tribe are descendants of the original inhabitants of the Haw River?

a)

Cherokee

b)

Iroquois

c)

Occaneechi Saponi

d)

Lumbee

8.

How many mills are believed to have existed along the Haw River watershed?

a)

100

b)

200

c)

300

d)

400

9.

How many dams have existed along the Haw River watershed?

a)

100

b)

125

c)

140

d)

165

10.

What European American first gave the name of the river as “Hau?”

a)

John Smith

b)

John Lawson

c)

Ralph Scott

d)

Scott Holt