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Human History of the marsh

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How do we know Indians once were in the area?

a)

Indian museums were discoverd

b)

found Indian hotels

c)

discovered spear points/arrowheads

d)

located buried treasures

2.

when did the marsh originally form?

a)

100,000 year ago

b)

1846

c)

1921

d)

10,000 years ago

3.

What Indian(First American) tribes came to the marsh area?

a)

Pueblo

b)

Winnebago

c)

Apache

d)

Seminole

4.

Why were ditches dredged in the marsh?

a)

better landing spots for birds

b)

for muck farming

c)

to protect cattails

d)

make more habiat for animals

5.

What eventually happened in the 1920’s -1940’s

a)

people wanted to make it a lake

b)

People wanted to restore and protect it

c)

people wanted hunting clubs

d)

people wanted to drain marsh

6.

Today, through ___________, Horicon Marsh is once again supporting a variety of wildlife

a)

money

b)

management

c)

DNR

d)

ecosysytem

7.

The history of Horicon Marsh is like the life that flourishes within it —_______ and ___________.

a)

carp and geese

b)

lifeless and dead

c)

wetland to wasteland

d)

vital and abundant

8.

What are effigy mounds

a)

mountains of gold near marsh

b)

mounds built to represent sacred animal shapes

c)

hills made by Indians to sled on

d)

mounds created to bury treasures

9.

What is one thing that has lured people to the marsh for hundreds of years

a)

smelly dead carp

b)

abundant wildlife

c)

cold winters

d)

dirty water

10.

What year was Horicon founded and a dam built

a)

1808

b)

1946

c)

1846

d)

1848

11.

In 1900 the dam was destroyed and _______hunting became popular

a)

deer

b)

raccoon

c)

zebra

d)

duck

12.

In 1910 ________ were built to increase farming oppurtunities

a)

mounds

b)

streets

c)

ditches

d)

factories

13.

What year did state pass the Horicon Marsh Refuge Bill

a)

1927

b)

1987

c)

1776

d)

1846

14.

How many acres of land is the marsh today

a)

11,000

b)

32,000

c)

3,200

d)

100,000

15.

Horicon translated in Indian means

a)

land of corn

b)

land of clean, pure water

c)

land of geese and trees

d)

land of John Deere