Settling the Piedmont

Multiple Choice

Who were the first ones to settle a place?

• Pioneers

• Explorers

• Colonists

• Adventurers

Multiple Choice

True or False

Most pioneers moved to the backcountry (or Piedmont) from the Coastal Plain.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What route did settlers take into the backcountry or Piedmont region?

• The Fall Line

• The Great Wagon Road

• The Northwest Passage

• The Cape Fear River

Multiple Choice

True or False

Travel on the Great Wagon Road was slow and took families several weeks to move to North Carolina.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Were farms in the backcountry bigger or smaller then the ones in the Coastal Plain?

• Bigger

• Smaller

Multiple Select

What did the pioneers do to survive in the backcountry?

Check ALL that apply.

• Build their own houses.

• Make their own furniture

• Grow their own food.

• Make their own clothes.

Multiple Choice

True or False

People who lived in the backcountry were NOT free to choose their own religion.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What group of people moved from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to North Carolina?

• The Baptists

• The Quakers

• The Moravians

• The Presbyterians

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the town that the Moravians built?

• Raleigh

• Willmington

• Greensboro

• Salem

Multiple Choice

True or False

All members of the Moravian community worked together for the good of the whole community.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

How old were the Moravian children when they left home to go learn a skill or trade?

• 14

• 10

• 18

• 21

Match

Match the following

• Girls

• Boys

• Both

Learned to knit, weave, and sew.

Learned shoemaking and carpentry.

Learned reading, writing, history, math, and Latin.

• Learned to knit, weave, and sew.

• Learned shoemaking and carpentry.

• Learned reading, writing, history, math, and Latin.