Check Your Knowledge Quiz

What Mountain Range travels through NC? It is considered the oldest range in America

• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Appalachian Mountains
• Andes Mountains
• Rocky Mountains

Identify the subregions of the Outer Coastal Plain.

• Sandhills and Barrier Islands
• Sandhills and Tidewater
• Tidewater and Barrier Islands
• Blueridge and Tidewater

How does the elevation affect the climate in the mountains?

• temperature is raised 10 degrees per 1,000 ft.
• temperature decreases as elevation rises
• mountain ranges develop snow at a faster rate
• divides the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain

Which line is a natural border between the piedmont and coastal regions? Elevation begins to drop at this point.

• Granville Line
• Inner Tidal Line
• Fall Line
• Linville Line

Culturally, which Native American tribe contributed to the development of the Appalachian Mountain region?

• Tuscarora
• Algonquin
• Catawba
• Cherokee

Identify the line that divides the piedmont from the coastal plain

• Blue Ridge Mountains
• Piedmont Plateau
• Fall Line
• Intercoastal Waterway

The largest swamp found within North Carolina’s coastal plain is:

• Great Samoan Swamp
• Chowan Regional Swamp
• Great Dismal Swamp
• Carolina Everglades

Barrier Islands surround North Carolina. Identify some the barrier islands by using the list.

• Core, Roanoke, Bodie
• Drayton, Core, Hatteras
• Middleton, Portsmouth, Ocracoke
• Core, Portsmouth, Hatteras

The overall climate of North Carolina can be described as:

• mild to low humidity
• hot and muggy
• humid subtropical
• wet and foggy

This region’s economy is based on industry, biotechnology, and banking.

• Piedmont
• Mountains
• Coastal Plain
• Tidewater