North Carolina Geography Quiz

What are the three regions in North Carolina that vary in climate, elevation, and natural resources?

• Coastal Plain, Piedmont, Mountains

• Coastal Plain, Outer Banks, Equator

• Piedmont, Outer Banks, Prime Meridian

• Mountains, Equator, Longitude

Which region is known as North Carolina's "middle region" and includes Charlotte?

• Piedmont

• Coastal Plain

• Outer Banks

• Mountains region

What are the islands off the coast of North Carolina in the Atlantic Ocean called?

• Outer Banks

• Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Mountains region

Which region is located along the Appalachian Mountains and is the most western of North Carolina's regions?

• Mountains region

• Coastal Plain

• Piedmont

• Outer Banks

What is the term for symbols on a map that help you understand what certain things stand for?

• Legend

• Scale

• Latitude

• Longitude

What is the direct connection between a unit of measurement on the map and the actual distance called?

• Scale

• Legend

• Latitude

• Longitude

What are lines that run east to west on the globe called?

• Latitude

• Longitude

• Equator

• Prime Meridian

What is the idea that American colonies would produce low-cost raw materials and cash crops to be sold back to the Mother Country?

• Mercantilism

• Columbian Exchange

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

What was the exchange of goods, ideas, people, and diseases between Europe and the Americas called?

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism

• Triangular Trade

• Middle Passage

What was the stage of the transatlantic slave trade where enslaved Africans were transported from West Africa to the Americas?

• Middle Passage

• Triangular Trade

• Columbian Exchange

• Mercantilism