1. North Carolina “The Old North State”

2. Location The relative location of North Carolina is in the
Southeastern
United States

3. Location Bordered by: (north) Virginia (south)
South Carolina and Georgia
(west)
Tennessee
(east)
Atlantic Ocean

4. The Four Geographical regions
Piedmont
Mountains
Coastal Plain

5. Coastal Plain Region Inner Coastal Plain Tidewater
Farther inland
Tidewater
-closest to the Atlantic Ocean

6. Tidewater region Outer Banks off the coast of North Carolina
chain of islands
off the coast
of North
Carolina

7. Nickname: Graveyard of the Atlantic
Tidewater region
Outer Banks
3 Capes
Nickname: Graveyard of the Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Cape Lookout
Cape Fear

8. Tidewater Region Sounds Large bodies of water between the islands and
the mainland of
North Carolina
Albemarle Sound
Pamlico Sound

9. Tidewater Region Swampy, marshy and sandy soil Not good for farming
Great Dismal Swamp- share with Virginia
Green Swamp- southeastern NC

10. Inner Coastal Plain
Center of Agriculture
Fertile soil

11. Fall Line
Fall Line
An imaginary line that separates the Piedmont from the Coastal Plain
At the Fall Line the rivers fall and level off as they enter the Coastal Plain where they slow down and become wider

12. Between the Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Between the Coastal Plain
and the Mountains

13. Piedmont Center of manufacturing most populated region
Triangle: Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill
Triad: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point
Metro: Charlotte area

14. Mountains Oldest mountains in the world
Mt. Mitchell: highest peak east of the Mississippi River

15. Mountains
The
Appalachian
Mountains
stretch
from
Maine
down to
Georgia

16. Mountains
Great Smokeys
Blue Ridge

17. Total Population 2000 census-----8,049,313
Ranked 11th in population in the US

18. Rivers of North Carolina
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Mountains
All, except the Cape Fear, flow into sounds
Slow moving
All flow into South Carolina
Flow into Tennessee and end up in the Ohio River
Fast moving; waterfalls

19. Largest Cities 5. Winston-Salem 3.Greensboro 4. Durham 8. High Point
7. Cary
2. Raleigh
10. Asheville
1. Charlotte
6. Fayetteville
9. Wilmington

20. President Barack Obama
Government
National:
Senators:
Kay Hagan
Richard Burr
US representatives in Congress: 13
President Barack Obama
State:
Governor: Beverly Perdue
Lt. Governor: Walter Dalton
Governor Beverly Perdue
Local:
Mayor: Bill Bell
Mayor Bill Bell