NC Geography
What ocean borders North Carolina?
Atlantic Ocean
What is a democracy?
A government in which people choose their leaders
Who were the first people to live in North Carolina according to our history notes?
Paleoindians
What island was home to the English settlement whose colonists disappeared in 1587?
Roanoke Island
Who were the Regulators?
Farmers who protested high taxes and unfair treatment
What is the capital city of North Carolina?
Raleigh
What are the three levels of government?
Federal, state, and local
What large Ice Age animals did Paleoindians hunt?
Mastodons
What caused conflict during the Tuscarora War?
European settlers taking Native American land
What did the Halifax Resolves support?
Independence from Britain
What are the three geographic regions of North Carolina?
Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain
What is the title of the leader of a city?
Mayor
What tool did Archaic Indians use to throw spears farther and with more force?
Atlatl
In what year was Carolina divided into North Carolina and South Carolina?
1712
In what month and year were the Halifax Resolves adopted?
April 1776
What is the largest city in North Carolina?
Charlotte
Who proposes North Carolina's state budget?
The governor
What does it mean when a group of people is nomadic?
They move from place to place rather than living in one permanent location
What road did many settlers use to travel into Carolina?
The Great Wagon Road
What did Anti-Federalists oppose?
An overly strong central government
What is North Carolina's largest crop according to our class notes?
Sweet potatoes
Which group approves North Carolina's state budget?
The state legislature
Which Native American culture influenced the building of ceremonial mounds?
Mississippian culture
Name three crops grown by enslaved people in colonial North Carolina.
(The Three Sisters)
Tobacco, rice, and indigo
Why were canals built in the 1800s?
To improve transportation