North Carolina History - an Online Quiz

1. North Carolina History:

9. The first piece of gold discovered in the U.S. was in North Carolina.

	True
	False

2. North Carolina History:

2. Who was the Governor of the Lost Colony?

	John White
	Sir Walter Raleigh
	Sir Richard Grenville

3. North Carolina History:

7. What town or area of North Carolina did the British General Cornwallis refer to as a 'hornet's nest' due to the fact the area's citizens fought so fiercely and were constantly a thorn in the side of the British?

	Raleigh-Durham Area
	Northern Mountains Area near Boone
	Wilimington and the Coastal Area
	Charlotte-Kings Mountain Area

4. North Carolina History:

6. North Carolina has been the birthplace of many famous entertainers, artists and performers in history. Which of the following was/is NOT a North Carolina native?

	Singer Roberta Flack
	Actress Ava Gardner
	Singer Patsy Cline
	Actor Andy Griffith

5. North Carolina History:

4. The Wright Brothers made the first successful powered flight by man at Kill Devil Hill near Kitty Hawk in North Carolina. In what year did this occur?

	1908
	1893
	1905
	1903

6. North Carolina History:

10. On February 1st, 1960 the nation's first lunch counter sit-ins began in protest against the refusal to be served at a Woolworth's Dept. Store when four black students from a nearby college refused to leave. In what North Carolina city did this occur? This form of civil rights protest was to spread quickly throughout the South.

	Wilmington
	Charlotte
	Durham
	Greensboro

7. North Carolina History:

3.. The first English child born in America was born on Roanoke Island in North Carolina in 1587. What was her name?

	Rebecca Raleigh
	Eleanor White
	Virginia Dare
	Elizabeth Lane

8. North Carolina History:

8. North Carolina is known as the 'Old North State' and the 'Tar Heel State'. Which of the following could NOT be given as the origin of the nickname 'Tar Heel' ?

	It came from production of naval stores - tar, pitch and turpentine - extracted from the vast pine forests of the state. and it became an important source of tar and pitch for shipbuilding.
	This is due to the tremendous success of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels basketball program
	After a firece battle in Virginia where the N.C. troops had stood their ground, a soldier replied "Lee's going to put more tar on you'ns heels to make you stick better in the next battle&#
	General Robert E. Lee's comment after an intense Virginia battle, uttering the phrase 'God Bless the Tar Heel Boys!

9. North Carolina History:

1.What is the name of the oldest town in North Carolina?

	Bath
	New Bern
	Raleigh
	Manteo

10. North Carolina History:

5. During the Civil War, North Carolina was the scene of a number of major battles. In March of 1865 the Union's General Sherman defeated the Confederacy's General Johnston in a bloody battle over three days. Where was this battle fought, which was the largest battle ever fought in North Carolina?

	Raleigh
	Kings Mountain
	Moore's Creek
	Bentonville