NC Studies Weekly - Ideas and Innovations: Week 11

Harriet Jacobs wrote a book about her life as a slave using the name ____________as a pen name.

• Hanny J.

• Jackie

• Linda

• Katie

The Wright Brothers made their first successful flight in ___________.

• 1899

• 1901

• 1903

• 1905

The Wright Brothers were from ______________.

• Ohio

• Georgia

• Texas

• North Carolina

The Wright Brothers flew their first airplane at ____________________.

• Cape Hatteras

• Kitty Hawk

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Raleigh

Before the 1950s, getting to the Outer Banks was only accessible by ________________.

• car

• ferry boat

• swimming

• train

The North Carolina Coastal Management Act of 1974 helped to protect what region of our state?

• Mountains

• Valleys

• Piedmont

• Coastal Region

Harriet Jacobs was born in Edenton, North Carolina.

• True

• False

Protecting the Coastal Region of North Carolina is not important to our state's growth and development.

• True

• False

Visitors and tourists spend over $100 million in the summer months in the Kitty Hawk area exploring and learning about the Wright Brothers and the first flight.

• True

• False

How long was the first successful flight of the Wright Brothers?

• 12 seconds

• 18 seconds

• 22 seconds

• 28 seconds