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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How many regions does NC have? | Three. |
| What are the NC regions called? | Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain |
| What are the three largest sounds in NC? | Pamlico, Albermarle, and Currituck. |
| What is a sound? | A broad, shallow body of water on the coast mostly surrounded by land. |
| What are the two sub regions in the Piedmont region? | Sandhills and Foothills. |
| What two sub-regions in the Coastal Plain region? | Intercoastal Plain and Tidewater. |
| What is the group of barrier islands along the coast of NC called? | the Outer Banks. |
| What is tallest mountain in NC, and which county is it in? | Mt. Mitchell in Yancey County. |
| How tall is Mt. Mitchell? | 6684 feet high. |
| What is NC's largest man-made lake? | Lake Norman. |
| What is NC's largest natural lake? | Lake Mattamuskeet. |
| What are NC's five largest cities in order from greatest to smallest? | Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, and Winston-Salem |
| What is NC's capital city? | Raleigh |
| What NC river flows directly into the Atlantic? | Cape Fear River |
| What river flows north out of NC? | New River |
| What are the five main Indian tribes in NC? | Cherokee, Tuscarora, Catawba, Hatteras, and Choanoke. |
| What are the three big Indian tribes? | Cherokee, Tuscarora, and Catawba. |
| Which tribes were connected to the Iroquoi? | Tuscarora and Cherokee. |
| Which tribes spoke the Algonquian language? | Chowanoke and Hatteras. |
| Who sent expeditions to NC in the late 1500's trying to establish a colony? | Sir Walter Raleigh. |
| How many expeditions were sent by Walter Raleigh in the late 1500's? | Three. |
| What island were the first two unsuccessful colonies settled on? | Roanoke Island. |
| List all five theories that try to explain the lost colony. | 1.Settlers were assimilated into Indian's culture or killed. 2.Spainards from Florida destroyed the colony. 3.They suffered from drought. 4.They traveled north to Chesapeake Bay. 5.They sailed for England and were lost at sea. |
| What did DaGamma do? | He used Dias' route to reach India. |
| What did Columbus set out to do? | Sail west to India. |
| How were the Aztecs so easily conquered? | The spainish had guns, horses, and diseases. They believed the Spanish were their Gods & they also recruited many Aztec enemies. |
| Why were the Incas so easily destroyed? | They depended on their ruler for everything and then kidnapped him. They carried diseases and had weapons and horses. |
| Which Spanish explorer came closest to present day Mooresville? | Hernando de Soto. |
| What was/were the main goals of the Spanish in the New World? | They wanted to gain more gold, silver, new land, and convert others to Christianity. |
| What was/were the main goals of the French in the New World? | They wanted to trade fur. |
| What was/were the main goals of the English in the New World? | They wanted more colonies. |
| What are the two main branches of Christianity? | Catholic and Protestant. |
| What two reasons did the King of Spain want to marry Elizabeth I? | He wanted to rule England and wanted it to be Catholic again. |
| What was the large group of Spanish ships called that attacked England? | The Spanish Armada. |
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