About North Carolina
This person received a task from Sir Walter Raleigh to organize a new settlement in the Chesapeake Bay. He succeeded and was named the Chief Governor of the new colony. Who is this person?
Who is John White?
This person founded Family Dollar.
Leon Levine
Who founded UNC Charlotte?
Bonnie Cone
John White is the governor of this new colony, which is now called Northern Carolina. What is the name of the new colony?
What is Roanoke?
What products does Family Dollar sell?
Items that were priced $2 or less
This person founded Belk?
Willam Henry Belk
Something happened when John White returned to Roanoke after he went back to England to ask for more supplies. What happened?
Everybody in Roanoke disappeared. This is called the mystery of Roanoke. There was also one clue where the word "Croatoan" was carved into a tree.
Who fought for African-American civil rights in Charlotte?
Frederick Douglas Alexander & Harvey gantt
Who was the first African-American mayor of Charlotte?
Harvey Gantt
This person was born in 1539 and died in 1593. He worked as an explorer, an artist, and cartographer. When he worked as a governor, he drew some sketches of the neighboring landscape as well as the Algonquin peoples.
Who is John White?
True or False? Frederick Douglas Alexander served as a state senator and mayor pro tem (mayor in the mayor's absence)?
Why did John White paint the natives in a favorable manner?
To persuade Walter Raleigh and the Queen that the Native Americans were welcoming.
Why did Bonnie Cone insist there was a need for UNC Charlotte?
Because it could serve local students who couldn't travel far for college.