2. Coastal Plains largest region

3. First region to be settled by Europeans. Why was it the first?

4. 2 sub-regions Inner Coastal Plains Inner Coastal Plains Tidewater Tidewater

5. Tidewater - contains the beaches, ports, Outer Banks, sounds, and capes

6. Graveyard of the Atlantic – nickname for the coast of NC due to the number of sunken ships as a result of the shallow and shifting coastline, pirates, wars, and weather

7. Dark rich farming soil ideal for agriculture

8. Major port cities Wilmington and Morehead City

9. A cape is a piece of land jutting into a body of water Cape Hatteras Cape Lookout Cape Fear

10. Great Dismal Swamp

11. Fort Bragg - Fayetteville

12. Piedmont ► What can you tell about the Piedmont by looking at the map below?

13. most populated, most urbanized, most industrializedmost populated, most urbanized, most industrialized ► Which do you think comes first? ► People? Cities? Or Jobs?

14. Piedmont Crescent – the most densely populated part of the state formed around the arc of the first railroad system in NC

15. Research Triangle – International center of technology and scientific research: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill What else do you find in that area?

16. Research Triangle Park Raleigh – NC State Durham – Duke, NC Central Chapel Hill - UNC

17. rolling hills, hardwood forests, red clay, mineral deposits, and swift flowing streamsrolling hills, hardwood forests, red clay, mineral deposits, and swift flowing streams

18. Fall Line eastern border of the piedmont where the elevation falls

20.  Last region settled by Europeans – Why?  Lowest population – Why?  Highest elevation  Smallest region

22.  Great Smoky Mountains  Blue Ridge Mountains

30. Three Major Industries Southwest Piedmont Durham High Point

34.  Hardwood Forests  Softwood Forests

35.  Naval Stores – important products produced from the long leaf pine during the colonial era  tar  pitch  rosin  turpentine

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

42. Lake Mattamuskeet largest natural lake in NC

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