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What is the state nickname of North Carolina?
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Tar Heel State
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What is the highest point in North Carolina? What is the elevation?
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Mount Mitchell. 6684 feet.
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What group of mountains is Mount Mitchell located within?
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Black Mountains
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What Englishman sent out a colonizing expedition from England to North Carolina?
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Sir Walter Ralegh
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What year did a French expedition sail along the coast of North Carolina?
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1524
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In 1587, over a 100 people settled on and vanished from what island?
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Roanoke Island
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What king split off a portion of the Virginia Colony and named it after himself?
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King Charles I
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Carolus is Latin for what name?
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Charles
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In the 1650's what 3 Indian tribes had problems with the settlers in North Carolina?
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Cherokee, Creek and Algonquin
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What year were the North and South Carolina colonies formed?
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1729
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The Cape Hatteras light house shines its light across what treacherous area?
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Diamond Shoals
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What is the tallest and most famous brick lighthouse in the country?
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Cape Hatteras lighthouse
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How far can the Cape Hatteras beacon be seen?
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22 miles
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What is the highest point east of the Mississippi River? What is its elevation?
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Mount Mitchell. 6684 feet.
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What year did Sir Walter Ralegh send a colonizing expedition to North Carolina?
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1585
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Before tobacco and cotton, the economy of North Carolina was centered on what? Name 3 examples.
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Naval stores. Pitch, tar and turpentine.
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Which immigrant group settled in the eastern lowlands of North Carolina?
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English
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Which immigrant groups settled in the western part of North Carolina?
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Scots, Irish and Germans
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Why was North Carolina eager to join the Revolution?
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Opposition to English taxes
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What three Capes protrude from the barrier islands?
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Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Cape Fear
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What year did North Carolina become a state? Which number were they?
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November 21, 1789. The 12th state.
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What word was the only evidence found of colonists who disappeared from Roanoke Island?
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"Croatoan"
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In the early 1900's, what industry became North Carolina's chief employer?
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Textile mills
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In 1960, a sit-in at a Greensboro lunch counter protested against what?
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Racial segregation
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Name 2 military bases in North Carolina.
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Fort Bragg and Camp Lejeune
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How many ships have sunk in the Outer Banks waters?
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Over 600
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When North Carolina joined the Union, slaves were used for what 2 crops?
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Cotton and tobacco
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What year did North Carolina join the Confederacy?
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1861
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What is the capital of North Carolina?
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Raleigh
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What is the largest city in North Carolina? What is its population?
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Charlotte. 580,597.
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What is the total area of North Carolina?
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53,819 sq. mi.
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What is the land area of North Carolina?
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48,711 sq. mi.
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What is the population of North Carolina?
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8,407,248
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What is the population density of North Carolina?
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173 people/sq. mi.
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What is the state bird of North Carolina?
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Cardinal
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What is the state flower of North Carolina?
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Flowering Dogwood
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What year did the Wright brothers make their first successful human-powered flight?
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1903
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Where did the Wright brothers make their first successful human-powered flight?
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Kill Devel Hill near Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks
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What is the origin of the North Carolina state nickname?
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General Robert E. Lee recognized the bravery of the North Carolina soldiers who refused to turn and run during the Civil War
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Which state has the nation's largest state maintained highway system? How many miles of roadway do they have?
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North Carolina. 77,000 miles.
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What was birth name of the pirate known as Blackbeard?
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Edward Teach
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What island did Edward Teach use as a hideout?
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Ocracoke Island
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Where was Blackbeard killed?
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Teach's Hole in the Okracoke inlet
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How many bricks were used to build the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse?
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Over 1,250,000
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Name the 6 industries prevalent in North Carolina.
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Real estate, health services, chemicals, tobacco products, finance, textiles
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Name the 6 major agricultural products in North Carolina.
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Poultry, hogs, tobacco, nursery stock, cotton, soybeans
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What city in North Carolina was the site of the first major school busing program to eliminate school segregation?
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Charlotte
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What year did North Carolina begin its first major school busing program?
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1971
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When was the cigarette making machine invented?
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1880s
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What was the natural power source for the textile mills?
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Rivers
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What two trees supplied the furniture making industry in North Carolina?
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Oak and maple
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What 3 cities make up the Research Triangle in North Carolina?
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Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
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What city in North Carolina is a major banking center?
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Charlotte
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What is the only state that raises more hogs than North Carolina?
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Iowa
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North Carolina is first in the nation in what two agriculture products?
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Tobacco and turkey production
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How many textile jobs in North Carolina were lost to foreign competition in 2003?
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Over 25,000
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What percentage of North Carolina's population is African American?
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21.6%
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What tree is used for North Carolina's pulp and paper mills?
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Pine
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What 3 cities in North Carolina are famous for their furniture production?
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Hickory, High Point and Thomasville
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In what war was a major battle won in Wilimington, North Carolina?
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Revolutionary War
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What is the major North-South interstate in North Carolina?
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I-77
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What 2 interstates intersect near Asheville, North Carolina?
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I-40 and I-26
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What are the 11 National Wildlife Refuges in North Carolina?
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Pee Dee, Roanoke River, Great Dismal Swamp, Mackay Island, Currituck, Pocosin Lakes, Alligator River, Pea Island, Cedar Island, Mattamuskeet, Swanquarter
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What states border North Carolina?
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South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia
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Name the 6 interstates in North Carolina.
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I-26, I-40, I-73, I-74, I-85, I-95
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If you are traveling on I-40 and turn onto I-95, what state are you in?
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North Carolina
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What is indian reservation in North Carolina?
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Cherokee
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What are the 4 National Forests in North Carolina?
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Nantahala, Pisgah, Uwharrie, Croatan,
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What National Park is near Asheville, North Carolina?
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Great Smoky Mountain National Park
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What Civil War general gave North Carolina its state nickname?
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General Robert E. Lee
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What percentage of the population in North Carolina is Native American?
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1.2%
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What interstate in North Carolina would you take to get from Charlotte to Greensboro?
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I-85 North
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What interstate in North Carolina would you take to get from Asheville to Raleigh?
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I-40 East
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What major city do I-77 and I-85 intersect?
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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If you take I-40 as far east as it will go, what major North Carolina city will you be near?
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Wilmington
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Fayetteville, North Carolina is near what Interstate?
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I-95
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I-95, I-85 and I-77 connect North Carolina to which 2 states?
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Virginia and South Carolina
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Name the 3 National Wild & Scenic Rivers in North Carolina.
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New, Wilson Creek, and Lumber
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Name the 3 Sounds in the Outer Banks.
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Pamlico, Currituck and Albamarle
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The Yadkin, Catawba and Haw Rivers are in which state?
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North Carolina
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In what state will you find the Blue Ridge Parkway?
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North Carolina
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What interstate runs through Tennesee, North Carolina and South Carolina?
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I-26
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What mountains run through western North Carolina?
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Appalachian Mountains
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Name the 5 major lakes in North Carolina.
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Lake Norman, Fontana Lake, Hiwassee Lake, B. Everett Jordan Lake, Lake Gaston, Lake Waccamaw, Falls Lake
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