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Edge Review 1
Stack #69756
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many regions does NC have? | Three |
| What are the regions of NC? | Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain |
| What is a sound? | A shallow area of water on the coast that is mostly surrounded by land. |
| What are the sub-regions and what regions are they in? | Foothills(Piedmont), sandhills(Piedmont and coastal plain), Tidewater(Coastal Plain) and Inner Coastal Plain. |
| What are NC's three largest sounds? | Pamlico, Albemarle, and Currituck |
| What are NC's barrier islands called? | Outer Banks |
| What is the tallest mountain in NC, how tall, which county? | Mt. Mitchell, in Yancey Co. and it is 6684 ft tall. |
| What is NC's largest man-made lake? | Lake Norman |
| What is NC's largest natural lake? | Lake Mattamuskeet |
| What are NC's five largest cities from largest to smallest? | Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem |
| What river flows directly into the Atlantic? | Cape Fear River |
| What river flows north out of NC? | New River |
| What are the five main NC indian tribes? | Tuscarora, Catawba, Cherokee--Hatteras, Chowanoc |
| Which NC indians where connected to the Iroquoi? | Cherokee and Tuscarora |
| Which tribs spoke the Algonquian language? | Hatteras and Chowanoc |
| Who sent expeditions to NC in the alte 1500's trying to establish a colony? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| How many voyages did Raleigh send to NC? | 3 |
| What island were the first 2 unsuccessful colonies on? | Roanoke Island |
| What are the 5 theories that explain the Lost Colony? | The indians either killed them or invited them to become indians, the Spanish who were living in Florida raided the colony, they suffered a horrible drought, they moved north to Chesapeake Bay, or they tried to sail home to England and were lost at sea. |
| Who was the first England child born in the New World? | Virginia Dare |
| Who was the first English child named after? | Queen Elizabeth (the Virgin Queen) |
| Who led the first colonial attempt made by Raleigh? | Ralph Lane |
| Who made up Lane Colony? | Military men |
| What prevented John White from returning to his colony with supplies? | England was about to go to war with Spain. |
| Who were Portugal's 3 most influencial men in exploring? | Henry the Navigator, Dias, and De Gama. |
| What did Henry the Navigator do? | He started a great school for explorers and navigators. |
| What did Dias do? | He found the tip of Africa; the Cape of Good Hope. |
| What did De Gama do? | He followed Dias's route to India |
| What did Colombus set out to do? | He was trying to find a quicker, westward route to India for trade. |
| Why were the Aztecs so easily destroyed? | The Spanish had horses, better weapons, foreign diseases, they recruited Aztec enemies, and at first, the Aztec thought the Spanish were their gods. |
| Why were the Incas easily destroyed? | The Spanish had better weapons, horses, and foreign diseases. Since the Incas were so dependant on their ruler, Pizzaro kidnapped their ruler and made the Inca people pay ransom. |
| Which Spanish explorer came closest to present-day Mooresville? | De Soto |
| What was the main goal of the Spanish in the New World? | They wanted new land, gold and silver, and to convert the natives to Christianity. |
| What was the main goal of the French in the New World? | They wanded new land and a new fur trade. |
| What was the main goal of the English in the New World? | They wanted new land; and more money. |
| What are the two main branches of Christianity? | Catholic and Protestant |
| What were the 2 reasons the King of Spain wanted to marry Queen Elizabeth? | He wanted more power by ruling England and he wanted to convert the English people back to being Catholic. |
| What was the group of Spanish ships that attacked England called? | The Spanish Armada. |
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