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Section #1 - Bonus
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| North Carolina is bordered by these states: | Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia |
| Major towns in the Tidewater area include; | Washington, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Newburn, Beaufort, Wilmington, Southport, and Moorehead City |
| North Carolina's seven major sounds are; | Pamlico, Albemarle, Bogue, Core, Croatan, Currituck, and Roanoke. |
| Salt marshes along the coast help the environment by; | Controlling erosion, cleansing the water, and as a nursery for fish. |
| What are the major military bases in the coastal plane? | Fort Bragg, Seymore-Johnson Airforce Base, Cherry Point Marine Airstation, Camp Lejeune. |
| What are the major crops of the Mountain Region? | Burley Tobacco, Corn, Soy Bean, Wheat, Apples, Christmas Trees. |
| What four North Carolina rivers flow into sounds? | Chowan, Roanoke, Tar-Pamlico, and the Neuse. |
| General weather conditions are influenced by; | Location, Altitude, Wind, Precipitation |
| By 1500 the largest North Carolina tribes were; | Hatteras, Chowanoc, Tuscarora, Catawba, Cheroke |
| Five new counties were established between 1746-1753 due to settlers from The Great Wagon Road. | Johnston, Granville, Anson, Orange, and Rowan. |
| These three groups traveled the Great Wagon Road to the Backcountry of North Carolina; | Scotch-Irish Protestants, Pennsylvania Dutch, and Moravians. |
| The lord's proprietors established three counties in Carolina in 1664; | Albemarle, Clarendon, and Craven |
| Charles II granted a huge estate to eight of his supporters. These eights lord's proprietors were; | Edward Hyde, George Monck, William Craven, John Lord Burkley, Anthony Ashley Cooper, Sir George Carteret, Sir William Buckley, and Sir John Colleton. |
| What two factors contributed to the push to colonize North Carolina from Virginia? | Population increase due to fewer people dying of disease and hunger, and indentured servants reaching the end of their contracts. |
| Settlers from Virginia took land on what rivers? | The Pasquotank, Perquimans, and Chowan. |
| In 1606 the Virginia Company was granted a charter to start a colony in the new world. One hundred forty four men, left aboard what three ships? | Susan Constant, The God Speed, and The Discovery. |
| What diseases did Europeans bring that killed millions of Native people? | Small Pox, Mumps, Measels, Chicken Pox, Influenza. |
| Natural resources of the Piedmont include; | Clay, Slate, Granite, Mica, and Quartz |
| North Carolina's largest three natural lakes are; | Lake Mattamuskeet, Lake Phelps, and Lake Waccamaw. |
| North Carolina's geography contributed to The Golden Age of Piracy in what ways? | Inlets and Barrier island provided shelter, shallow harbors, and the colony was isolated. |
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