Tools of the Historian
Regions of North Carolina
Map Terms
Research
Hodge-podge
100

This is something you believe.

What is a claim?

100

The city of Asheville is located in this region.

What are the mountains?

100

South is an example of this type of direction.

What are cardinal directions?

100

This is the most trustworthy domain name.

What is .gov?

100

This is the reason why Asheville tends to be dryer than the other side of the mountains.

What is the rain shadow effect?

200

an opposing viewpoint to something originally claimed

What is a counterclaim?

200

These are barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina.

What are the outer banks?

200

Though this does not smell as sweet, it tells you which way is North.

What is a compass Rose?

200

These are specific words in a phrase used to research a topic on google.

What is a keyword?

200

They tend to be deeper and wider in the coastal plain, which allowed them historically to be used as ways to transport goods.

What are rivers?

300

A source that was created by someone who did not directly interact with the original events. An example is a textbook.

What is a secondary source?

300

Known for its red clay soil and for small rolling hills. Henderson is in this region

What is the piedmont?

300

Milton, North Carolina being northwest of Oxford is an example of this type of direction.

What is ordinal direction?

300

This domain name is used mostly for higher ed, such as colleges and universities.

What is .edu?

300

A body of water that is located between the outerbanks and the tidewater region. This has nothing to do with your ears.

What is a sound?

400

prejudice in favor of one group or thought.

What is Bias?

400

The Tidewater is part of what region?

What is the Coastal Plain?

400

you must be so happy to learn that key is another name for this.

What is legend?

400

this system should be used to see whether something online can be trusted, such as birdsarentreal.com.

What is the CARS system?

400

A piece of land that juts, or sticks out, into a body of water. Hatteras is an example of this.

What is a cape?

500

A first hand account documenting an event or topic. An example of one is a photograph.

What is a primary document.

500

This escarpment is the border between two regions

What is the fall line?

500

you will find different kinds on a fish or a lizard, but this will help you measure the distance. For example, one inch could equal 100 miles.

What is a scale?

500

These will help you get better search results.

What are Boolean Operators?

500

These states surround North Carolina.

What are Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee?