NC Geography & Two Theories for Humans in
America
45 Questions
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You can find sunken ships here, otherwise known as the "Graveyard of the Atlantic"
a) Piedmont
b) Mountains
c) Tidewater
d) Inner Coastal Plains
2.
The Theory that the first Americans migrated to America by water, traveling in boats close to the land.
a) Land Bridge Theory (Bering Strait Theory)
b) Coastal Route Theory (Kelp Highway
Theory)
c) Migration Theory
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4.
What are the three regions of North Carolina?
a) Mountains, Appalachian Hills, and Coastal
Plain
b) Great Hills, Piedmont, and Great Plains
c) Piedwater, Tidemont, and Mountains
d) Mountains, Piedmont, and Coastal Plain
Where can you find our school?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Coastal Plains
d) Tidewater
5.
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
environment made by Native Americans:"Native Americans learned to make hunting tools using the
natural resources in the area."
a) Adaptation
b) Modification
c) Neither
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8.
What describes the Piedmont?
a) relating to cities; the opposite of rural
b) a strip of land projecting into a body of
water
c) a NC region with rolling hills and cities
d) an area distinguished by unique features
You can visit the highest peak east of the Mississippi river here.
a) Inner Coastal Plains
b) Piedmont
c) Tidewater
d) Mountains
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
environment made by Native Americans:"Great Plains tribes set fires to grasslands to frighten buffalo
into traps."
a) Adaptation
b) Modification
c) None of the Above
9.
Weather is ......
a) long term atmospheric conditions
b) short term atmospheric conditions
10.
The name of the strait that the Native Americans crossed into North America
a) land bridge
b) Bering Strait
c) nomads
d) theory
11.
Which of the following choices identifies the name of the first peoples of the Americas?
a) Native Americans
b) South Americans
c) Europeans
d) Australians
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13.
What body of water is found off the west coast of the United States?
a) Atlantic Ocean
b) Gulf of Mexico
c) Dead Sea
d) Pacific Ocean
Which of the following regions has the lowest elevation?
a) Coastal Plains
b) Piedmont
c) Mountains
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
14.
environment made by Native Americans:"In colder climates, Native Americans built homes of snow, ice,
and animal skins to protect themselves from icy winds."
a) Adaptation
c) None of the Above
b) Modification
15.
Which term can be defined as the movement of people or animals usually to establish a new
homeland?
a) Nomadic
b) Displaced
c) Migration
16.
Which line divides the Piedmont and the Coastal Plains?
a) Fall Line
17.
b) Foot hills
Where can you find red clay?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Coastal Plains
18.
Why do historians think the Native Americans walked over the land bridge into North America?
a) They were following their food
b) They wanted to move
c) They were looking for people
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20.
What is the name of the highest mountain in North Carolina?
a) Mt. Mitchell
b) Mt. Michelle
c) Chimney Rock
d) Sliding Rock
According to the Land Bridge Theory, Native Americans spread across North America after migrating
from
a) Australia
b) Europe
c) Asia
21.
What was the first region to be settled by Europeans.
a) Inner Coastal Plains
b) Tidewater
c) Mountains
d) Piedmont
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23.
People who travel from place to place and take their shelters with them (they follow the food)
a) nomads
b) Bering Srait
c) land bridge
d) theory
Which 2 continents were connected by the land bridge?
a) South America and North America
b) Asia and North America
c) Africa and Europe
24.
The mountains in NC consist of several ranges. Collectively they are known as the _________ Mountain
Chain.
a) Blue Ridge
b) Smoky
c) Balsam
d) Appalachian
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27.
Moving east to west list the four regions of our state
a) Mountains / Piedmont / Coastal Plain /
Tidewater
b) Coastal Plain / Piedmont / Mountains
c) Tidewater / Piedmont / Coastal Plain /
Mountains
d) Tidewater / Coastal Plain / Piedmont /
Mountains
An idea that explains something though isn't proven
a) theory
b) land bridge
c) strait
d) nomad
What region produces Christmas trees?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Inner Coastal Plains
d) Tidewater
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29.
You can find the Blue Ridge and Smokey Mountains here.
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Inner Coastal Plains
d) Tidewater
Where can you find the Outer Banks?
a) Tidewater
b) Inner Coastal Plains
c) Piedmont
d) Mountains
30.
The economy of the Coastal Plain primarily revolved around __________.
a) factories
b) retail sales
c) technology
d) tobacco
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33.
The height above sea level.
a) mountain
b) elevation
c) sea height
d) land level
What mountain range runs through North Carolina?
a) Rocky Mountains
b) Ouachita Mountains
c) Appalachian Mountains
d) Alleghany Mountains
What is a region?
a) relating to cities; the opposite of rural
b) a strip of land projecting into a body of
water
c) a NC region with rolling hills and cities
d) an area distinguished by unique features
34.
The Native Americans crossed the land bridge during the
a) beginning of time
b) ice age
c) world war 1
35.
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:"Those migrating primarily by canoe
could have survived by fishing for food."
a) Land Bridge Theory
36.
b) Coastal Route Theory
Which region would have had large plantations with slave labor?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Coastal Plains
d) Tidewater
37.
Climate is ....
a) long term atmospheric conditions
38.
b) short term atmospheric conditions
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
environment made by Native Americans:"Native tribes in the woodlands set fires to clear heavy forest
growth so berries could grow."
a) Adaptation
c) None of the Above
b) Modification
39.
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
environment made by Native Americans:"Natives in desert climates built irrigation ditches to bring water
to dry fields."
a) Adaptation
b) Modification
c) None of the Above
40.
Where can you find dark rich soil which is great for farming?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Tidewater
d) Coastal Plains
41.
Read the description below to determine if it is an example of an adaptation to or modification of the
environment made by Native Americans:"In warmer climates, Native Americans gathered wild plants and
fruits for food."
a) Adaptation
b) Modification
c) None of the Above
42.
Which region would have had cottage industries and mills?
a) Mountains
b) Piedmont
c) Coastal Plains
d) Tidewater
43.
Which theory of migration is best supported by the evidence below:"At this point in history, it is believed
that sea levels declined causing the exposure of dry land."
a) Land Bridge Theory
b) Coastal Route Theory
44.
The theory that the first Americans came to North America by land over a path that connected
Northeastern Asia with modern day Alaska.
a) Land Bridge Theory
b) Coastal Route Theory
c) Migration Theory
45.
What river flows through the center of Harnett County?
a) Catawba
b) Yadkin
c) Roanoke
d) Cape Fear