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8SS Chapter 1
Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many continents are there? | 7 |
| What are the 7 continents? | Australia, Asia, Africa, Antartica, North America, South America, Europe |
| What are the 4 oceans? | Artic, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian |
| What is the largest continent? | Asia |
| What is the largest ocean? | Pacific |
| What is the smallest continent? | Europe |
| What is the smallest ocean? | Artic |
| On what continent do you live? | North America |
| What 3 countries make up North America? | Canada, USA, Mexico |
| What is the capital of the United States? | Washington, DC |
| How many states are the in America? | 50 |
| What is a barrier island? | Outlying land that separates fresh and salt water on NC's coast |
| What is a fall line? | an invisible line connecting waterfalls to rivers |
| What is a human feature? | manmade |
| What is a physical feature? | natural or God-made |
| What is a primary source? | information from someone who was there when it was given |
| What is a secondary source? | information from someone who wasn't there but studied the event |
| What are North Carolina's three regions? | Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal |
| In which region do you live? | Piedmont |
| What is the capital of North Carolina? | Raleigh |
| For whom was the state capital named? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| What borders North Carolina to the east? | Atlantic Ocean |
| What borders North Carolina to the North? | Virginia |
| What borders North Carolina to the west? | Tennessee |
| What 2 states borders North Carolina to the South? | Georgia and South Carolina |
| How is North Carolina divided? | into counties |
| How many counties are there in North Carolina? | 100 |
| How do historians learn about the past? | by looking at written, visual or physical clues |
| What are two tyes of sources? | primary and secondary |
| What is an example of a primary source? | photographs |
| What are objects that people made? | artifacts |
| What part of the state is the coastal region located? | the eastern |
| What part of the state is the mountain region located? | the west |
| What part of the state is the piedmont located? | the middle |
| What are North Carolina's barrier islands called? | Outer Banks |
| What two bodies of water separate these islands from the rest of the state? | Albemarle and Pamlico Sound |
| What three rivers empty into the Pamlico and Albemarle Sound? | Roanoke, Tar and Neuse |
| What is the largest city and major port in the coastal region of North Carolina? | Wilmington |
| How many military bases are located in North Carolina? | 5 |
| What cities make up the Triangle? | Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill |
| What cities make up the Triad? | Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem |
| What region are the Uwharrie Mountains located? | the Piedmont |
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