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North Carolina Geography and Explorers
| Question | answer |
|---|---|
| What are the two sub-regions in the Piedmont? | Sandhills and foothills |
| Definition: Sound | a narrow strip of water between an island and a mainland |
| What are the three largest sounds in NC? | Albemarle, Currituck, and Pamlico |
| What is the largest natural lake in NC? | Lake Mattamskeet |
| What are the five largest cities in NC in order from largest to smallest? | Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, and Winston Salem |
| What NC river flows directly into the Atlantic? | Cape Fear |
| Which river flows North out of NC? | New river |
| What indian tribes in NC are Iroquoi? | Tuscarora and Cherokee |
| Which tribes are Algonquian? | Hatteras and Chowanoc |
| What did Dias do? | he was the first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope from Europe |
| Which Spanish explorer came closest to Mooresville? | Hernando de Soto |
| What did DeGama do? | he reached India by sea |
| What did Columbus set out to do? | sail west to reach Asia |
| What are the two major branches of Christianity? | Catholisism and Protestant |
| What was the large group of Spanish ships whose plan was to attack England? | the Spanish Armada |
| What is the western-most region of NC? | Mountains Region |
| What is the central region of NC? | the Piedmont |
| What is the eastern-most region of NC? | the Coastal Plain |
| Which region of NC follows the coastline? | the Tidewater |
| What region of NC makes up the western part of the Coastal Plain? | the Inner Coastal Plain |
| What are the barrier islands of NC called? | The outer banks |
| What is the tallest mountain in NC? | Mount Mitchell |
| How tall is Mount Mitchell? | 6684 feet |
| What county is Mount Mitchell in? | Yancey County |
| What is North Carolina's largest man made lake? | Lake Norman |
| What are the five main indian tribes of NC? | Hatteras, Cherokee, Chowanoc, Catawba, Tuscarora |
| Who sent expeditions to NC in the late 1500s trying to establish a colony? | Sir Walter Raleigh |
| How many expeditions were sent by Sir Walter Raleigh? | three |
| What island were the two unsucessful colonies settled on? | Roanoke |
| What natural event could have lead to the Lost Colony? | a drought |
| What are the two theories of the Lost Colony dealing with Indians? | the Indians killed them, or the colony went to live with them |
| What is the theory of the Lost colony dealing with the Spanish? | the Spanish settlers from Florida killed them |
| What is the theory of the Lost Colony that deals with the colonists actually leaving the mainland? | they tried to sail back to England to get supplies and safety, but they were lost at sea |
| What were the top three Indian tribes in NC? | Tuscarora, Cherokee, and Catawba |
| What did Henry the Navigator accomplish? | he created a very sucessful navigation school in Portugal |
| How were the Aztecs so easily conquered? | the Aztecs thought the Spanish were their gods, the Spanish recruited enemies of the Aztecs, and the Spanish had guns, horses and very deadly diseases |
| How were the Incas so easily conquered? | the Spanish had guns, horses and cannons and they kidnapped and killed the Inca's leader whom they view as their god |
| What were the main goals of the Spanish in the New World? | finding new land, convert natives to christianity, and to find gold and silver |
| What were the main goals of the French in the New World? | to conquer land and to set up a fur trade network |
| What were the main goals of the English in the New World? | to conquer land, and to set up colonies on land not already claimed by a Christian country |
| What two reasons did the King of Spain have to want to marry Elizabeth I? | to gain wealth & power, and to change England back to Catholicism |
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