North Carolina’s Economy
WEB QUEST
How much do you know about
North Carolina’s economy?
- What types of industries do we have?
- What crops do our farmers grow?
- How does the economy vary in the three
different regions?
Just
as the land varies from the mountains to the coast, our economy is based on
many different types of resources.
Find out more about North Carolina’s economy by searching these websites and
answering the questions on your worksheet.
Natural,
Capital and Human Resources
Click
on the link below.
Read
the list on this web site and answer three questions:
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/kidspg/econ.htm
1. Look at the list on the website. Name the top three industries
in NC in 2000. Fill in the chart on your answer sheet.
2. Which of the three types of resources (capital,
natural, human) do these industries mainly use? Fill in your answers on the
chart.
3. Look at number 9 on the list of industries. What type of resource (capital, natural, or
human) is the basis for this industry?
What other resources are necessary for production? Describe the specific resources needed.
Agriculture
in North Carolina
Did you
know the official vegetable of North Carolina is the sweet potato? Click on the link below to look at the
website from the Agriculture Department.
http://www.agr.state.nc.us/agscool/commodities/index.htm
Select the link for Sweet
Potatoes. Read the site to answer these two questions.
4.) What percent of the national supply of sweet
potatoes is produced in NC?
5.) Give an
interesting fact about a different important agricultural crop in NC.
North
Carolina Exports
North Carolina
exports products all over the world.
What does export mean?
6.) Define export on your worksheet.
(If you do not know the meaning, you may
look it up in an online dictionary: http://www.m-w.com
)
What
kinds of products do you think North Carolina exports?
First talk to your partner and make a list on your worksheet.
7.) We think NC exports the following products:
Now,
click on this link and go to this website:
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/socialstudies/elementary/studentsampler/11economy#gsp
8.) What are the 5 main exports of NC?
9.) Which countries receive most of our exports?
Map
Reading Skills
Go to NC WiseOwl and follow the directions below.
·
Click
on “The Elementary School Zone.”
·
Click
on the link on the left for: “America
Beautiful”
·
Click
on the state of North Carolina and it will take you to the article about the
state.
·
On
the left side of the screen, click on the word “Economy.”
·
Then,
click on the NC map in the upper right hand corner of the screen-
·
Enlarge
it to fill the screen.
·
Answer
these three questions on your sheet.
10.) Which region grows the most tobacco?
11.) Name at least two crops and two kinds of animals that
are raised in the Coastal Plain region.
12.) Name at least two natural resources that are found or
raised in the mountains.