Transcript The Geography of North Carolina

Chapter 1
Section 1
Objective 1.01 Assess the impact of geography on
the settlement and developing economy of the
Carolina colony.
North Carolina in the American Experience by McDougal Littell
Section Objectives
1. Describe the geography of the Coastal
Plain
2. Explain the barrier islands and the
unique geography of the Outer Banks
3. Identify the Piedmont, the Fall Line, and
the Appalachian Mountains
Objective 1.01 Students will be able to assess the
impact of geography on the settlement and developing
economy of the Carolina colony.
• AIMS
– Read Chapter 1 Section 1 and take notes
using the Cornell Notes taking method.
– Review
Three Regions of North Carolina
• Coastal Plain
– Outer Banks
– Tidewater
• Piedmont
• Mountain
– Additional Vocabulary Words
Coastal Plain
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• broad flat region in North Carolina that
stretches 100 to 150 miles inland from the
Atlantic Ocean
• Tidewater- area where tides wash in and out
– inner coastal plain
– outer coastal plain
• Barrier Islands
– University of North Carolina Wilmington
– Jacksonville, Hubert, Swansboro, Morehead
City
Outer Banks
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• Made up of islands of long, narrow
deposits of sand separated by water from
the mainland.
• capes - points of land that jut out into the
ocean
– The three main capes are:
• North
• Middle
• South
Can you guess
Return
Middle
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South
Piedmont
Piedmont
• hilly area between the Coastal Plain and
the Appalachian Mountain.
• Separated from the Coastal Plain by the
fall line.
– Duke
– NC State
– Chapel Hill
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
Mountain
Mountain
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• Western most part of North Carolina
• Made up of the Appalachian Mountains
which extends from Newfoundland,
Canada to Central Alabama (2,000 miles)
**Mount Mitchell in North Carolina is highest
mountain east of the Mississippi
** NC is thought to have the oldest mountains
in the world.
– Appalachian State University
– Western University
Graveyard of the Atlantic
Ships were wrecked due to:
– shallow waters
– shifting sandbars
– strong currents
– violent storms
– Most famous is Black Beard’s
Vocabulary Words
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topography
geographic region
Outer Banks
primary source
Coastal Plain
Tidewater
Piedmont
fall line
Additional
Vocabulary Words
Additional Vocabulary
• topography - physical terrain
• primary source – first hand account
• fall line – separates the Piedmont from the
Coastal Plain.
Assessment
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4.
Name the three land regions that make up North
Carolina.
Why do you get a better overview of NC by traveling
east to west rather than north to south.
How did the coast of North Carolina earn the nickname
“Graveyard of the Atlantic.”
(a) What region gets its name from the Appalachian
Mountains?
(b) What areas make up this region?
5.
In which of North Carolina’s land region would you
prefer to live? Explain.