1. North Carolina MariLynn Frank

2. What other states border my state? South Carolina Georgia Tennessee Kentucky Virginia

3. What is my state’s capital? Raleigh

4. What is my state’s population and geographic area (size)? Population: 8,049,313 Size: 48,711 square miles (126,161square kilometers) (29 th largest state)

5. What is my state’s landscape? Mt. Mitchell Cape Fear River Tar River Yadkin River

6. What major sports teams are located in my state? Charlotte Hornets (basketball) Carolina Panthers (football) Carolina Hurricanes (hockey)

7. What are my state’s major industries? Estes- Winn Auto Museum

8. What are the state bird, motto, tree, dog, and flower? Bird- Cardinal Motto- “ To be rather than to seem” Tree- Pine Dog- Plott Hound Flower- Dogwood

9. What are my state’s major tourist attractions? African American Arts Festival Cape Fear Blues Festival Dixie Classic Fair

10. When was my state founded? North Carolina was founded in November 1789.

11. What are the state’s native animals? bird dog

12. Works Cited “North Carolina.” http://www.ncgov.com http://www.ncgov.com Uschan, Michael. North Carolina: The Tar Heel State. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2002. Griffen, James “North Carolina.” Lexicon Universal Encyclopedia 2002,