Week 14 Study Notes and Terms

Question 1

Items you buy from a business with your own money

Answer 1

Private goods

Question 2

Public services are provided by

Answer 2

The government

Question 3

Businesses owned by people

Answer 3

Private enterprises

Question 4

Which source helped agriculture in North Carolina?

Answer 4

Commercial fertilizer

Question 5

Most produced crop in North Carolina

Answer 5

Tobacco

Question 6

Which hurricane caused $432 million in losses?

Answer 6

Floyd (1999)

Question 7

Early farming used these alsong with inexpensive tools

Answer 7

Horses, mules, oxen

Question 8

Slash and burn

Answer 8

Cutting down plants and burning them to get nutrients

Question 9

RTP was created in __________ and is a collaboration/mixutre of state government, local businesses, and major universities

Answer 9

1959

Question 10

The biotechnology center was built in_____

Answer 10

1981

Question 11

What did Professor Smithies receive the Nobel Prize in 2007 for?

Answer 11

Biotechnology

Question 12

Tourism supports _______

Answer 12

Small businesses, lodging, transportation, restaurants, and retail stores

Question 13

This had a major impact on tourism in 2020

Answer 13

Covid-19 pandemic