NC Mountain Region Quiz

The mountain region is the ___________________ part of North Carolina.

• eastern

• western

• northern

• southern

What is the largest city in the mountain region?

• Raleigh

• Charlotte

• Jacksonville

• Asheville

The _____________________ occupied the mountain region when the first European explorers arrived in the 1500s.

• Cherokee

• Cape Fear

• Catawba

• Pee Dee

_________________ brought to America by Europeans took a toll on native peoples.

• Homework

• Tools

• Diseases

• War

In 1838 some 17,000 North Carolina Cherokee were forcibly removed from their land in the mountains to Indian Territory on the "_______________ ________ _____________."

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Trail of Tears

• Appalachian Mountain Chain

• Town City Complex

The ______________ Boundary was established for the remaining Cherokee in western North Carolina.

• Fall

• Parkway

• Qualia

• Council

The Mountain region was the _______________ area of North Carolina to be settled.

• First

• Last

• Second

• Fifth

The _____________ ________________ ___________________ improved transportation and increased tourism in the mountain region.

• Great Smoky Mountains

• Appalachian Mountain Range

• Native American Indians

• Blue Ridge Parkway

What was made to protect the remaining forests in the mountain region?

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park

• Blue Ridge Parkway

• Trail of Tears

• The Qualia Boundary

What is a form of dance that began in the Appalachian Mountains?

• two-step

• clogging

• shagging

• the gritty