Geography & Natural Resources
North Carolina is the country's largest producer of this state vegetable.
What is the sweet potato?
Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the birth place of this original treat.
What is the Krispy Kreme donut?
The North Carolina State Bird
What is the Northern Cardinal?
The amount of counties that make up North Carolina.
What is 100?
In 1712, the Carolinas were governed by eight Lords Proprietors that officially divided the colony into these two colonies.
What is North Carolina and South Carolina?
Minerals like mica, feldspar, and lithium are found in this region of North Carolina.
What is the Mountain Region?
Former professional basketball player and North Carolina native, who is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association. He won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Who is Michael Jordan?
North Carolina State Flower
What is the Dogwood?
North Carolina recognizes 8 Indian tribes. This tribe is the only one of those 8 recognized as a sovereign nation with its own government-to-government relationship with the U.S.
Who is the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians?
This pirate's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was found in 1996 off the coast of North Carolina.
Who is Blackbeard?
North Carolina is a central hub for pottery, bricks, and floor tiles made from this natural resource.
What is clay?
High Point, North Carolina is nicknamed the "________ capital of the world" because of its rich textile and furniture industry that dates back to the late 1800's.
What is furniture?
North Carolina State Tree
What is the Pine Tree?
This branch of state government enforces laws and includes the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, and many state agencies.
What is the Executive Branch?
In 1903, this duo had three successful flights in North Carolina, each lasting longer than the first.
Who is the Wright Brothers?
This region of North Carolina is home to Tryon Palace, the Outer Banks, Fort Fisher aquarium, and many beaches.
What is the Coastal Plains Region?
This heritage has profoundly shaped North Carolina's culture through music with the Piedmont blues style, and prominent musicians across genres, including jazz, gospel, and funk that have endured a legacy.
What is African American heritage?
The North Carolina State Song
What is "The Old North State?"
North Carolina Governor
Who is Josh Stein?
The bloodiest colonial war fought in North Carolina between the Tuscarora Indians and European American settlers in 1711.
What is the Tuscarora War?
The barrier islands between the Atlantic Ocean and the North Carolina mainland
What is the Outer Banks?
Early European settlers, including English, Scotch-Irish, German, and Swiss immigrants largely traveled into the Piedmont region and Western North Carolina on this road.
What is the Great Wagon Road?
The North Carolina State Dog
What is the Plott Hound?
The Judicial Branch of state government is made up of several courts, the highest being this.
What is the state Supreme Court?
The first English baby born on American soil.
Who is Virginia Dare?