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HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA? 8TH GRADE GLOBAL STUDIES

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1. THE WINNER OF THE 2012 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS: PAT MCCORY HE IS THE GOVERNOR OF NC.

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2. IN 2014, NORTH CAROLINAS TWO U.S. SENATORS ARE: KAY HAGAN RICHARD BURR

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3. THERE ARE 100 COUNTIES IN NORTH CAROLINA. Mecklenburg County

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4. NORTH CAROLINA BORDERS THE FOLLOWING STATES: VIRGINIA SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA TENNESSEE

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5. NORTH CAROLINA BORDERS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

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6. THE CAPITAL OF NC IS RALEIGH AND WAS NAMED FOR SIR WALTER RALEIGH.

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7. THE LARGEST CITY IN NC IS CHARLOTTE.

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8. THE CITY OF MEDICINE IS DURHAM.

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9. THE DIRECTIONS OF ODD-NUMBERED INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IS NORTH/SOUTH.

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9. THE DIRECTION OF EVEN-NUMBERED INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS IS EAST/WEST.

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10. THE THREE MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS IN NC ARE: MOUNTAINS PIEDMONT COASTAL PLAIN

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11. THE LARGEST SAND DUNE IN NC IS: Jockeys Ridge

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12. THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL HOUSE IN NC IS THE BILTMORE HOUSE IN ASHEVILLE, NC.

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13. THE BIG FOUR SCHOOLS IN NC ARE: UNC DUKE WAKE FOREST NC STATE

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UNC CHAPEL HILL Rameses

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DUKE BLUE DEVILS

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WAKE FOREST DEMON DEACONS

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NC STATE

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14. THE CAPE HATTERAS LIGHTHOUSE WAS MOVED TO PROTECT IT FROM THE OCEAN.

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15. MAJOR TROPICAL STORMS THAT AFFECT NC ARE CALLED HURRICANES

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16. ORVILLE WRIGHT FLEW THE FIRST AIRPLANE.

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17. THE NORTH CAROLINA ZOO IS IN ASHEBORO, AND IT IS THE FIRST ZOO TO KEEP ANIMALS IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT.

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18. THE QUEEN CITY IS CHARLOTTE.

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19. THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TEAM, THE CAROLINA PANTHERS IS BASED IN CHARLOTTE.

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20. THE BLOODIEST CIVIL WAR BATTLE FOUGHT IN NC WAS BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE.

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21. THE CAROLINA HURRICANES WON THE STANLEY CUP IN 2006.