NC History
This gentleman is who the Capital of NC was named after.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
This gentleman was the main writer of the Deceleration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This was known as a knowledge that challenged traditional doctrines in science and theology.
What is the Renaissance?
Who was Onslow County named after?
Who is Authur Onslow?
Who was Swansboro named after?
Who was Samuel Swan?
This president was assassinated in November of 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Who is Blackbeard?
The 13 stripes on the American flag represent what?
What are the original 13 colonies?
This leader of the French revolution had a "complex."
Who was Napoleon Bonaparte?
This was named after a man who was known as "the greatest of all Leathernecks and a Marine's Marine."
Who is John A. Lejeune?
This was a major industry of Swansboro in the 1700s.
What is shipbuilding?
"Tear Down this wall" was said by this President
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This nearby city was the capital of NC before Raleigh
What is New Bern?
This was the first successful colony set up in Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
This person tacked his "95 Theses" on the door of the Whittenberg Church to denounce Catholic beliefs and was a figure in the Protestant Reformation.
Who was Martin Luther?
What president was Jacksonville named after?
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Who was Swansboro's top shipbuilder?
Who is Captain Otway Burns?
Who said the following: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself?"
Who is FDR?
This coastal NC town was where the Wright brothers flew the first airplane.
What is Kitty Hawk?
This was the cause of the Great Depression in 1929.
What is the stock market crash?
This is a term describing the political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II
What is the Iron Curtain?
What area is an unincorporated community? (Hint-many people live here)
What is Hubert?
The Swansboro Town slogan
What is "The Friendly city by the Sea?"
This president said "I am not a crook" while being investigated for his involvement in Watergate.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This is where the famous "Lost Colony" is located.
What is Roanoke Island?
This was a war between the French and the British Colonies.
What is the French and Indian war?
Around the year 800, this man was appointed to lead the Holy Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
This building was built in 1942 and is the oldest one still operating in the United States today?
What is the USO Jacksonville?
The name of the steamboat build in Swansboro
What is "Prometheus?"
His house in Virginia is know as Monticello.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?