Chapter 1 of Guildford County: Heart of the Piedmont

Question 1

Plateau

Answer 1

located between coastal plain and mountains

Question 2

Piedmont

Answer 2

foot of the mountain

Question 3

Piedmont line extends east from the _________ of the rivers to the ___________

Answer 3

fall line, Blue Ridge Mountains

Question 4

What were the first known inhabitants if the land that became Guilford County?

Answer 4

Saura and Keyauwee Indians

Question 5

Who was the first English surveyor-general of NC and recorded his thoughts in a book called “A New Voyage to Carolina?”

Answer 5

John Lawson

Question 6

What was the most important feature of the land rush to piedmont NC?

Answer 6

Great Wagon Road

Question 7

What were the 3 strongest influences in new settlements?

Answer 7

English Quakers, Germans, Scottish-Irish Presbyterians

Question 8

Oldest graveyard in Guilford County?

Answer 8

Frieden’s Graveyard

Question 9

Who was Jamestown named after?

Answer 9

James Mendenhall

Question 10

What was David Caldwell’s academy called that was used to educate young men?

Answer 10

log school

Question 11

Who built a mill that ended up being known as Friendship community?

Answer 11

Nathan Dillion