1. Mountains Last region settled by Europeans – Why?
Lowest population – Why?
Highest elevation
Smallest region

2. Appalachian Mountain Chain

3. Great Smoky Mountains
Blue Ridge Mountains

4. Mt. Mitchell –highest mountain east of the Mississippi River

5. Cherokee Indian Reservation

6. Mostly rocky and forested

7. Many rivers, streams, and dams for hydroelectric power

8. Coolest climate due to elevation

9. Only urban area – Asheville #1 industry – tourism

10. North Carolina Odds and Ends

11. Three Major Industries
Durham
Southwest Piedmont
High Point

12. Other Industries in NC banking, chemicals, agriculture

13. Leaders in: sweet potatoes, corn, poultry, hogs, fishing, soybeans

14. Why are we called Nature’s Sample Case?

15. Hardwood Forests
Softwood Forests

16. Lumber and Pine Trees
Naval Stores – important products produced from the long leaf pine during the colonial era
tar
pitch
rosin
turpentine

17. Naval Store - In time past, pine tar and pitch were used extensively on sailing ships to caulk seams and to protect ropes. No ship left port without an essential store of tar and pitch.

18. gold, gemstones, limestone, mica, clay

19. Culturally Diverse

20. 100 Counties of North Carolina

21. Diverse Climate due to location and elevation 4 distinct seasons

22. Cape Fear River the only river to flow directly into the Atlantic Ocean - on a deep water port (Wilmington)

23. Lake Mattamuskeet largest natural lake in NC

24. If Lake Norman and Lake Wylie are not natural lakes, what are they
If Lake Norman and Lake Wylie are not natural lakes, what are they? And why?