Social Studies Unit 2 Test

What year did North Carolina become a state?

• 1789

• 1879

• 1702

• 1990

all the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country is called

• population

• citizens

• members

• people

The NC Railroad supports and strengthens North Carolina’s economy.

• True

• False

The way people use resources to meet their needs

• Electricity

• Economy

• Industry

• Technology

The use of knowledge and tools to make or do something

• Industry

• Community

• Technology

• Creation

The means of sending or receiving information is

• Technology

• Industry

• Communication

• Community

______ were routes created to help deliver communication between America's European settlers and their home countries. The earliest record of an attempt to set up one of these in North Carolina is a letter written by William Farris from January 27, 1739.

• Pony Express

• Email

• USPS

• Post roads

In 1928, mail was delivered to North Carolina by ______ for the first time.

• Horses

• Carrier Pigeons

• Cars

• Airplanes

_____ is all the businesses that make one kind of product or provide one kind of service

• Industry

• Development

• Community

• Market

Something found in nature, such as water, soil, or minerals, that people can use to meet their needs.

• Imports

• Exports

• Necessities

• Natural Resources