The United States Mint 50 States Quarter Program



In 1999, the US Mint issued quarters celebrating the five first states to join the union: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut. In 2000, five new quarters will be released celebrating the states of Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire and Virginia. The first quarter to be issued in 2001 will celebrate New York and North Carolina. New quarters will be issued every year until 2008.

Test your grammar and general knowledge with this quiz about the state of North Carolina.


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North Carolina was the 12th of the 13 original states?
The others were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York and Rhode Island.


1. The capital of the state of North Carolina is

Raleigh
Charlotte
Kitty Hawk
Greensboro

2. _______________ is the largest city and the center of the state’s most populous
region.
Raleigh
Charlotte
Kitty Hawk
Greensboro

3. North Carolina has a place in aviation history because
the Wright brothers were born there.
the Wright brothers made their first successful airplane flights there.
it is the location of one of the most famous museums of aviation in the world.
the Wright brothers built their first airplane there.

4. Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, was the area chosen for testing the Wright brothers’ first airplane because
it was conveniently located, very close to the place where the plane was assembled.
it was the Wright brothers’ birthplace.
of its adequate climate conditions: mild temperatures and no wind.
the steady winds provided power for their flights and the sandy banks made crashing safer for machines and pilots.

5. North Carolina is nicknamed the “Tar Heel State.” Which is NOT one of the explanations for the nickname?
It refers to one of the state's major colonial-era products — tar — which was derived from slowly burning the stumps of longleaf pine trees.
The name may have originally been used derisively, applied to North Carolina soldiers who could not hold a position against Union troops because they had forgotten to "tar their heels" and thus could not stick to their ground.
The name was applied to North Carolina troops by Confederate leaders as a tribute to their sticking quality during battle.
This nickname may have originated due to a strategy used by soldiers during the Civil War – they applied hot tar to certain areas to prevent enemy troops from advancing into the state.

6. North Carolina is also known as
The Empire State
The Old Dominion
The Old North State
The Old Line State

7. In “The birthplace of President Andrew Johnson is in Raleigh, and that of the novelist Thomas Wolfe is in Asheville,” THAT is used instead of
birthplace
president
novelist
Asheville

8. In “School attendance is compulsory for children from the ages of 7 to 16,” COMPULSORY means
recommended
necessary
optional
compulsive

9. In the last part of the 19th century, as throughout the South, racial segregation was instituted in North Carolina through laws providing
separate public facilities for men and women.
separate public facilities for whites and blacks.
equal rights for men and women.
equal rights for whites and blacks.

10. In “The facilities provided for blacks were never as good as those provided for whites,” the word facilities means
a superior or favorable position in relation to somebody or something.
a combination of favorable circumstances or situations
something designed or created to provide a service or fulfill a need, e.g., restaurants, drinking fountains, laundries, schools
somebody who or something that provides aid or assistance to somebody else


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