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| How many years did Gabriel Johnston serve as Royal Governor of NC? |
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| Who served longest as NC Governor? |
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| For how many years did Gabriel Johnston not get paid? |
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| What are the three largest state universities in NC? |
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| What are NC's five largest cities from greatest to least? |
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| Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem |
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| When did Raleigh become the capital of NC? |
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| What is the only major city in the mountain region? |
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| Who sent three expeditions to Roanoke Island in the 1580's? |
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| Beginning in 1795, UNC holds this distinction. |
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| The first public university in America |
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| What are NC's three largest sounds in order from biggest to smallest? |
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| Pamlico, Albemarle, Currituck |
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| What is NC's chain of barrier islands called? |
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| What are NC's three capes from north to south? |
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| Cape Hatteras, Cape Lookout, Cape Fear |
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| In 1799, the discovery of gold took place on this farm. |
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| Who discovered a 17 lb. chunk of gold in 1799. |
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| Conrad Reed (son of farmer John Reed) |
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| What was the 17 lb. chunk of gold first used for after its discovery? |
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| What are NC's two large ports? |
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| Wilmington and Morehead City |
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| What is the nickname of the area off the coast of Morehead City? |
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| Graveyard of the Atlantic |
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| About how many ships have sunk in the area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic? |
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| This pirate used Bath as a base of operations in the early 18th century. |
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| What was the real name of Blackbeard? |
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| What was the name of Blackbeard's ship? |
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| This is the first and oldest town in NC today. |
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| What are the two subregions in the Piedmont of NC? |
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| What is the boundary between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain? |
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| What is the height of Mt. Mitchell? |
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| What is the name of the document which declared independence from Great Britain which was signed in 1775? |
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| Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence (Meck Dec) |
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| What nickname did Cornwallis give Charlotte during the Revolutionary War? |
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| a HORNET'S NEST of rebellion |
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| Who is the Native American group that was removed from NC during the Trail of Tears? |
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| When were the Hallifax Resolves signed? |
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| When was the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence or Meck Dec signed? |
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| What is the oldest church in NC? |
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| Where is St. Thomas Episcople Church located? |
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| What is the name of the largest sand dune in NC? |
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| What are NC's three largest natural lakes? |
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| Mattamuskeet, Phelps, Waccamaw |
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| What two mountain ranges are part of the Appalachian Chain in NC? |
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| Blue Ridge and Great Smokey Mountains |
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| Where in NC did the Wright Brothers make their historic flight? |
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| What are the first names of the Wright Brothers? |
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| In what city did the Wright Brothers have a bicycle shop? |
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| This city is named for Gen. Nathanial Green. |
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| What two things in NC were named for Elisha Mitchell? |
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| Mt. Mitchell and Mitchell County |
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| This man was NC Attorney General and was later nominated by Washington to the Supreme Court. |
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| A person would be called this if they supported the ratification of the Constitution. |
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| Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina |
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| He was the first student at UNC. |
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| How did Hinton James travel from Wilmington to Chapel Hill when he enrolled at UNC? |
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| This office park was created in 1959 as a center for research and development between Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh. |
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| Gabriel Johnston made it easy for this ethnic group to acquire land so as to encourage settlement. |
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| These were the three major language families that were represented in pre-Columbian North Carolina. |
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| Iroquoian, Siouan, and Algonquian |
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| This man, who moved south from Virginia, was the first permanent settler in NC. |
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| About what year did Nathaniel Batts settle in NC? |
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| What does "Carolus" mean? |
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| When was the original Carolina Charter granted? |
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| When was the Second Carolina Charter issued? |
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| According to the Second Carolina Charter, what were the boundaries of Carolina? |
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| From 36* 30' down to 29* in a line straight out to the "South Sea". |
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| What are the years that Carolina was under the control of the Lords Proprietors? |
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| Who wrote the Fundamental Constitutions as a model for the government of Carolina? |
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| In what year were the Fundamental Constitutions written? |
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| When did Creek Indians invade the Pee Dee River Valley? |
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| The Creek Indians settled in what present-day county? |
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| Who selected the upper Pee Dee Valley as their religious and political capital? |
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| What was the Creek Indian's temple built on? |
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| In the Creek Indian culture, who is the Miko? |
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| Chief political and religious leader |
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| What was the first region settled in NC? |
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| When did seven of the eight Lord's Proprietors sell their land back to the Crown? |
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| From 1692-1712, where did the governor of Carolina reside? |
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| Why was Charleston favored over other settlements in Carolina in the late 1600's and early 1700's? |
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| It's natural harbor and proximity to the West Indies (for trade) |
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| What were the first three precincts created in Albemarle Co? |
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| Berkley, Carteret, and Shaftesbury |
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| Members of the colonial assembly were elected from where? |
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| Various precincts (counties) and from certain towns which had been granted representation. |
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| The term "precinct" as a geographical unit ceased to exist after what year? |
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| Around 1739, these two counties ceased to exist. |
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| Albemarle Co. and Bath Co. |
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| During the proprietary and royal periods, the council served in these two roles. |
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| An advisory group to the governor as well as serving as the upper house of the legislature when the assembly was in session. |
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| During the proprietary and royal periods, what government positions were by appointment? |
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| The governor, colonial secretary, attorney general, surveyor general, and the receiver general. |
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| How many colonial assembly representatives did each county have if that county was formed before 1696? |
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| How many colonial assembly representatives did each county have if that county was formed after 1696? |
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| How many colonial assembly representatives did each town have if that town had been granted representation? |
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In colonial NC, who held the power of the purse and the electing of the treasurer? |
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| Both were privileges of the assembly. |
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| What group met in Halifax in 1776? |
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| The Fourth Provincial Congress |
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| Who were NC's signers of the Declaration of Independence? |
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| William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, and John Penn |
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| The Halifax Resolves were written to what two groups? |
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| NC's delegates at the Continental Congress and the other colonies |
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| Which colony was the first to instruct its delegates at the Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain? |
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| Who named the Pacific Ocean? |
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| Who discovered the "South Sea"? |
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