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| Was the surrender of Raliegh a peaceful one? |
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| When was raleigh surrendered? |
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| From what direction did General William T. Sherman's Army Approach from? |
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| When did General William T. Sherman's Union Army Approach Raliegh? |
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| What county is Reed Gold mine located in? |
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| When did N.C. seceed from the union? |
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| Who and when did James Iredell Marry? |
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| Samuel Johnston's sister Hannah in 1773 |
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| What 3 jobs did Harriet Ann Jacobs hold? |
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| Writer, abolitionist, and educator |
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| How much did John Reed sell the gold that he found for? |
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| Above ground or surface mining |
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| In what county did Phillip Alston hold several political offices? |
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| What number Amendment is James Iredell considered the father of? |
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| On what date did president George Washington nominate James Iredell to be an associate justice on the first U.S. Supreme court? |
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| What was Johnston named to in 1773? |
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| Committee of Correspondence |
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| What was Harriet Ann Jacobs born into and in what year? |
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| How did Harriet Ann Jacobs escape and when? |
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| The Maritime Underground Railroad from Edenton's Port in 1842 |
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| What book did Harriet Ann Jacobs write? |
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| Incidents in the life of a slave girl |
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| At what age did James Iredell come from England to Edenton? |
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| When was James Iredell born? When did he die? |
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| He was born in 1751 and he died in 1799 |
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| Durin the American Revolution, What did James Iredell serve as? |
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| In what county is the House in the Horseshoe located? |
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| Who did James Iredell meet soon after his arrival and what occupations did this person hold? |
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| Samuel Johnston who was a lawyer, Planter, and Political figure |
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| Who discovered the gold on the John Reed farm and when? |
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| John Reed's son, Conrad in 1799 |
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| What was the state capitol used for during the civil war? |
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| The manufactre of soliders accounterments and as a storage depot |
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| What is the location of the first documented discovery of gold? |
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| What is the capitol used for today? |
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| When was the first underground shaft at the Reed Mine sunk? |
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| Who did President George Washington nominate to be an associate justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| Which two people designed the state capitol? |
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| Ithiel town and Alexander Jackson Davis |
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| In what year was Rowan county divided? |
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| What did the Fifth Provincial congress approve in the fall of '76? |
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| North Carolina's first state constitution |
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| In what county is the N.C. state capitol located? |
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| Where and when was the town of Halifax founded? |
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| The south bank of the roanoke river in 1760 |
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| what was the site of the largest surrender of the civil war? |
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| When did General Joseph E. Johnston and General William T. Sherman meet under a flag of truce to discuss a peaceful solution to the tragic Civil war? |
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| Whose house served as a conveinient negotion location for a peace treaty? |
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| THe simple farmhouse of James and Nancy Bennett |
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| What did the generals discuss at their first meeting at Bennett Place? |
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| In what county is the Bentonville Battleground located? |
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| Johnston county is home to what historic Battleground? |
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| How many soliders did general Joseph E. Johnston have under his control at Bentonville? |
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| How many soliders did William T. Sherman have under his control at Bentonville? |
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| Who is known as the founder of Harper's Ferry? |
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| How many acres did John Harper own in southern Johnston County? |
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| What was the Haper House used for during the Battle of Bentonville? |
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| How many children did John and Amy harper have? |
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| How many casualties did the Battle of Bentonville result in? |
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| What group of people were known as "The Seed Corn of the Confederacy"? |
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| a group of boys no older than 16 or 17 within johnston's army |
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| Where is Duke Homestead located? |
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| When and where did Washington Duke build his family homestead? |
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| 1852 on a small farm in what is now Durham |
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| Who were Washington Dukes three children? |
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| Marry, Benjamin, and James Buchanan |
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| In what year did Washington move the tobacco buisness inot Durham? |
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| When did Washington Duke return home after serving in the Civil war? |
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| When did the Dukes move their tobacco buisness into Durham? |
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| When were the first sucessful machine made cigarettes in the industry produced by the Duke's? |
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| When did the American tobacco company end its reign? |
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| After the Sherman Anti-Trust Act in 1911 |
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| After the breakup of the ATC, where was the money donated to? |
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| other buisnesses, the present Duke Power Company, and various churches, hospitals, and childrens homes |
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| What is the former name of Duke university? |
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| In what county is the Charles Brantley Aycock Birthplace located? |
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| What were Charles Aycock's years of life? |
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| How long did Charles Aycock serve as N.C. governor? |
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| Because of his support and promotion of the state's public school system, what has Charles Aycock become known as? |
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| The "Educational Governor" |
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| Where and When was Charles Aycock Born? |
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| Present day Fremont in Wayne County, 1859 |
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| In what year did Charles Aycock enroll in the University of North Carolina? |
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| At what battleground did Royal governor William Tryon lead about 1,000 NC millitia men into battle against 2,000 backcountry farmers known as Regulators? |
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| On what day, month, date, and year did the battle of alamance take place? |
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| How long was the battle of alamance? |
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| by what creek did the Battle of Alamance take place? |
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| In what county did the Battle of Alamance take place? |
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| Who won the battle of Alamance? |
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| Why did Tryon's troops win the battle of Alamance? |
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| They were beter prepared and well equipped |
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| How many of tryon's men were killed in the battle of alamance? How many were wounded? |
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| there were nine killed and sixy-one wounded |
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How many of the regulators were taken prisoner at the battle of Alamance? |
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| In what year did the backyard farmers start calling themselves regulators? |
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| Why did the Regulators organize? |
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| to seek a better regulation of dishonest and corrupt government officials and more voice in the government |
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| Who was considered to be the most influential of all the regulator leaders? |
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| In what county is Tryon Palace located? |
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| When was tryon palace originally constructed? |
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| Which English architect did Royal governor William Tryon bring with him when he came to north carolina? |
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| In what year did Royal governor William tryon come to NC? |
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| How much, in real money today, did the Tryon palace cost when it was finished? |
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| What did the Tryon Palace first serve as? |
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| a meeting place for colonial assembly and a residence for the royal governor |
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| Hoe long did Governor Tryon and his family occupy Tryon palace? |
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| only a little over a year |
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| In what year did Governor Tryon move to the colony of new york? |
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| Who was the second Royal Governor to live in Tryon Palace? |
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| When and why did Josiah martin flee Tryon Palace? |
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| He fled in 1775 because of the American Revolution |
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| Which four state governors used the palace during the american revolutionary war? |
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| Richard Caswell,Abner Nash, Alexander martin, and Richard Dobbs Speight |
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| Who was fort fisher named after? |
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| Colonel Charles F. Fisher |
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| When did Colonel Charles F. Fisher die? |
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| In the Battle of First Manassas |
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| What are blockade runners? |
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| Fast, shallow-draft ships |
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| Where was fort fisher built and what purpose did it serve? |
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| It was built on the southern tip of federal point to protect New inlet |
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| When did construction begin on fort fisher? |
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| in what year did fort fisher get its basic L-shape? |
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| what was the design of the fort greatly influenced by? |
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| The malakoff tower (a Crimean War fortification in sevastpol, Russia) |
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| What was fort fisher later reffered to as? |
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| "the malakoff tower of the south" |
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| how many guns did fort fisher have in 1865? |
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| What was fort fisher made out of? |
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| how many major battles were fought at fort fisher? |
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| What percent of NC does the Piedmont cover? |
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| at the foot of the mountian |
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| Why is the area off Cape Hatteras called the 'graveyard of the atlantic'? |
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| So many ships have sunk there |
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| Nc is the country's___ largest state |
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| Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia |
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| What european country is north carolina about the size of? |
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| What does the fall line mark? |
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| The boundry between the coastal plain and the piedmont |
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| What are NC's three distinct geographical reigons? |
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| Coastal plain, piedmont, and mountians |
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| Between which two counties does the fall line run between? |
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| richmond county and Halifax county |
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| What are the two subreigons of the coastal plain? |
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| The tidewater and inner coastal plain |
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| What percentage of NC does the coastal plain cover? |
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| How far do the tidelands stretch inland? |
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| What major towns are located in the tidewater area? |
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| Washington, elizabeth City, Edenton, New Bern, Beaufort, Wilmington, Southport, and Morehead City |
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| What is the highest sand dune in NC? |
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The inner coastal plain is a prime agricultural reigon. True or false  |
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| Where does the inner coastal plain stretch from? |
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| the tidewater to the fall line |
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| What are the major cities in the coastal plain? |
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| Fayetteville,Goldsboro,Wilson, Rocky mount, and Greenville |
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| What is the elevation of the piedmont? |
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| from 500-1500 ft above sea level |
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| What are the major cities in the piedmont? |
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| Raliegh, Durham, Greensboro, Winston Salem, and charlotte |
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| What is charlotte's nickname? |
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| How did charlotte get the nickname 'the Queen City'? |
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| Th city is named for Queen Charlotte |
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| What universities are located in the Piedmont? |
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| Duke university, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC state, Wake forest, UNC-Greensboro, UNC-charlotte, And NC Agricultural and technical state university |
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| What is the elevation of the mountians? |
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| the NC mountians are a part of what mountian chain? |
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| The Appalacian Mountian Chain |
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| how many peaks of more than 6,000 ft are there in NC? |
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| What percent of NC do the mountians cover? |
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| Who were the appalacian mountians named by? |
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| Who were the appalacin mountians named after? |
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| The Apalachee Native American group |
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| Between which two states does the Appalacian trail run through? |
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| What is NC sometimes called because of its rich abundance of minerals? |
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| how many kinds of minerals and rocks have some econimc value to the state |
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| how much of the stae is covered in forests? |
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| what are the states largest national forests? |
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| what percent of the nation's lithium, does NC provide? |
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| Before 1849, NC was the leading producer of gold. true or false |
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| What kind of climate does North Carolina have? |
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| A humid subtropical climate |
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| What types of severe weather is NC prone to? |
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| Thunderstorms, Hurricanes, and Tornadoes |
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| What are general weather conditions influenced by? |
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| Location, Altitude, Wind , and Precipitation |
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| where did the 'original' americans come from? |
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| from northern asia via the berring strait |
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| When is it believed native americans first came to north america? |
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| What is the land bridge sometimes called? |
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| When did the Paleo exsist? |
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| When did the Archaic indians exsist? |
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| What were the 3 main language groups of early Carolina tribes? |
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| Iroquoian, Algonquian, Siouan |
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who was Christopher Coloumbus? |
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| a sea captian from italy who discovered the new world |
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| when did colombus land in 'india'? |
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| In reality, where did Colombus land on october 12th, 1492? |
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| On the island of San Salvador |
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| What were the names of Colombus's three ships? |
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| the nina, pinta, and Santa Maria |
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| To what city and country is john cabot native to? |
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| In 1498 how did Vasco Da Gama reach india? |
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| by sailing around the tip of africa |
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| When was the keel on Battleship North Carolina laid? |
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| What was the name of north carolina's sister ship? |
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| When was Battleship North Carolina commishioned? |
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| how many commisioned officers were on Battleship North Carolina |
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| How many enlisted men were on Battleship North Carolina? |
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| How many battle stars did Battleship North Carolina earn? |
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| When was Battleship North Carolina first launched? |
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| Where did the Creek Indians settle? |
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| In the upper reaches of the Pee Dee River |
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| In what county is town creek indian mound located? |
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| what was the site that the creek indians selected intended for? |
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| their religious and politial capital |
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| What was the mound built for? |
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| to serve as a foundation for a major temple |
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| The chief politial and religious figure of the creeks |
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| what was the cerimonial center used for? |
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| how were adults of the town creek indians buried? |
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| they were put in shallow pits and wrapped in blankets or mats |
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| How were children of the town creek indians buried? |
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| they were put in large pots that were made especially for this purpose |
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| What did the new corn or busk cerimony celebrate? |
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| the ripening of the new corn |
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| what did the busk cerimony involve? |
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| four days of fasting, a ritual of purification and taking of the black drink |
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| In what county is Fort Dobbs located? |
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| When was fort dobbs built? |
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| Who was fort dobbs named after? |
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| What was the fort used by? by who? |
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| It was used as a headquarters by Captian Hugh Wadell |
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| When did a band of 60 or so cherokkee indians attack fort dobbs? |
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| When was The chowan County Courthouse designated a historic landmark? |
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| What is the oldest public building in north carolina? |
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| How many stories is the chowan county courthouse? |
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| Where was the glass for the chowan county courthouse imported from |
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| When did North Carolina ratify the constitution? |
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| In what county is the Richard Caswell memorial located? |
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| Who was the first govoernor of the independent North Carolina? |
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| When and where was Richard Caswell born? |
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| WHat was Richard Caswell's first job? |
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| A Deputy to the provinical surveyor |
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| Whose command did Richard Caswell fight under at the battle of Alamance? |
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| Royal Governor William tryon |
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| What group of people, opposed to england's treatment of the american colonies, did Richard Caswell later join? |
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| What did Richard Caswell serve as to the first and second Continential Congresses in Phileadelphia? |
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| Which battle in North Carolina made Richard Caswell a hero? |
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| Where did Caswell do most of his buisness? |
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| Kinston, New Bern was to vunerable to the British |
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| What was one of Caswell's major points of concern about the new constitution? |
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| To have a provision for an independent judicial branch |
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| When and where did Richard Caswell die? |
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| Nov. 10,1789 in fayetteville |
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| In what county is historic stagville located? |
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| How many slaves worked the land at historic Stagville? |
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| How many acres did stagville total by 1860? |
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| When did a major european settlement begin in the area? |
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| A french navigator who attempted to establish a colony of french Prodanstants in 1562 |
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| In what year did the Spanish establishSt. Augustine? |
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| When was new bern settled? |
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| Who was new bern settled by? |
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| A group of swiss, Germans, English, and a group of french huguenots |
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| who were anne bonny and mary read? |
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| women pirates who served in the crew of Captian "calico Jack" Rackham |
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| how many years did gabriel johnston serve as royal governor? |
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| how many years was gabriel johnston not paid as governor? |
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| What did Sir Walter Raliegh win in 1584? |
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| A Charter promising settlers all the privaleges of native englishmen |
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| Did Sir Walter Raliegh ever travel to the colony he sponsored? |
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| Where did Sir Walter Raliegh's first expedition land? |
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| What did the leaders of the first expedition boast about the land? |
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| They said it was 'the goodliest soile under the cope of heaven' |
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| Who were the two indians that the leaders of the First expedition brought back? |
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| What did Queen elizabethcall the new land found of the coast of the atlantic? |
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| When did Sir Richard Granville Reach What is believed to be present day ocracoke inlet? |
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| When did Grenville arrive at Roanoke Island? |
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| How many men did Grenville brin to Roanoke Island in 1585? |
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| Which governor did the 108 settlers settle under at Roanoke? |
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| In what years did Lane explore Abermarle and Currituck sound? |
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| When did Grenville explore the southern sections of pamlico sound by boat? |
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| Who took back two indians to england after the first expedition? |
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| Before Walter Raliegh was a Sir, what did he push to establish? |
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| the first english colony in the new world |
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