Economic Development in North Carolina

Question 1

As textile mills boomed in the early 20th century, so did mill villages. Which metropolis started as a mill village?

Accepted Answer

Kannapolis

Question 2

North Carolina is currently the top producer in the nation for which agricultural product?

Accepted Answer

Sweet potatoes

Question 3

In 1921, the Southern Furniture Exposition company opened the nation’s largest showroom for furniture in which city?

Accepted Answer

High Point

Question 4

In the 1950s, business and government leaders worked to attract modern industries to create what research center?

Accepted Answer

Research Triangle Park in Durham

Question 5

An 1891 conflict between local fisherman and northern pirates over a major marine industry became known as what?

Accepted Answer

The Oyster War

Question 6

First created in New Bern in 1893 as Brad’s Drink, C.B. Bradham renamed his concoction Pepsi-Cola after what?

Accepted Answer

A synonym for indigestion

Question 7

Native Americans cultivated what plant and agricultural commodity long before European colonists learned of it?

Accepted Answer

Tobacco

Question 8

North Carolina was historically a major exporter of which commodity due to an abundance of pine trees?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

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