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

Fill in the Blank

Who owned the land and ran the Moravian community?

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.