Info Literacy
This is when someone gives out incorrect information on purpose
What is Disinformation?
This large body of water is located to the east of North Carolina
What is the Atlantic Ocean
This colonial trading system sent goods and people between Europe, Africa and the Americas
What is the Triangle Trade System
This group of North Carolina women staged a boycott of British goods.
What is the Edenton Tea Party.
This system prevents any one branch of government from becoming too powerful, by giving all 3 branches the power to "check" each other.
What is the system of Checks and Balances
This Cognitive Bias is when people believe information that supports what we already think while ignoring the rest
What is Confirmation Bias
This region of NC is home to Mount Mitchell, the tallest mountain in the Eastern U.S.
What are the Mountains
Southern plantation owners imported slaves from this continent to work the fields and grow cash crops for them.
What is Africa
The British began taxing American colonist to help pay of the debt from this war.
What is the French and Indian War
This government system allows for both the state and national government to maintain power.
What is Federalism.
This Cognitive Bias is when you overestimate how much you know about something, especially if you know very little about it
What is Dunning Kruger Effect
What is the Piedmont
This colony was founded by Walter Raleigh in 1585 and was found abandoned years later.
What is Roanoke Island
The British responded to the Boston Tea Party by giving the colonist this series of harsh punishments.
What are the Intolerable Acts
After finding gold in Georgia, President Andrew Jackson passed this law, that forced the Cherokees to leave their land.
What is the Indian Removal Act
This Cognitive Bias is when you cling to the first piece of information you hear about something as the most reliable or true
What is Anchoring Bias
This sub region of NC is home to NC's beaches.
What is the Tidewater.
The part of the Triangle Trade system brought African slaves to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage.
This country lost most of its land in North America as a result of the French and Indian War
What is France
This amendment outlaws any form of cruel and unusual punishment.
What is the 8th Amendment
This Cognitive Bias is when people believe something is true because a lot of other people believe it
What is Bandwagon Bias
This region of NC is home to flat sandy land and network of rivers useful for transportation.
What is the Coastal Plains Region
Farming was difficult in this colonial region because of the rocky soil and cold climate.
What is New England.
This document stated that the citizens of NC should have a government that protects the rights of the people.
What is the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
This is another name for the first 10 amendments of the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights.