What Do You Know About Appalachia?




Appalachia Quiz

1. In which state are the Appalachian mountains not found?
Alabama
New York
Vermont
Rhode Island

2. "Appalachia" comes from the term "Appalachee" which was
one of the earliest names found on maps of the New World
an Indian tribe in Florida
a designation for the unexplored backcountry
all of the above

3. In early colonial history, two Indian tribes dominated Appalachia. They were:
the Shawnee in the North and the Seminole in the South
the Iroquois in the North and the Cherokee in the South
the Monacans in the North and the Cherokee in the South
the Huron in the North and the Catawba in the South

4. Which of the following Appalachian forest products has been the basis of a multimillion dollar export industry for hundreds of years?
Chestnuts
Ginseng
Beaver skins
Hemp

5. Which Appalachian state owes its existence to the Civil War?
West Virginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
North Carolina

  

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