| Question | Answer |
| What is a broiler? | a 3-5 week old chicken
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What percent of NC's business is agriculture? | 35%
| What counties raise broilers? | Pitt, Wilkes, Nash, Alexander
| What county in NC relies on the seafood business as a primary income? | Dare
| How much income does the seafood industry bring into NC? | $65 million
| How many people in NC are employed in the chemical industry? | 49,000
| What are textiles? | anything that has to do with fabric or fibers
| Which industry has been our state's largest manufacturing employer for more than 100 years? | textile industry
| How much money does the textile industry bring into NC? | $22 billion
| How many factories do we have in NC? | 1,200
| Where is our state's largest scientific research and technology hot spot? | Research Triangle Park
| What universities make up NC's Research Triangle Park? | North Carolina State, University of North Carolina, Duke University
| What type of companies can you find in NC's RTP? | biochemical, healthcare, computer-technology, research centers, laboratories
| Where in NC can you find the 120 factories that make up the furniture industry? | Thomasville, Lenoir, Lexington
| With which text structure is the article "Thomas Day: Furniture Maker" organized? | chronology
| What animal in NC is nocturnal and lives in shrubby regions? | gray fox
| What was the effect of the stock market collapsing in 1929? HINT: You can find it in this week's question! | Great Depression
| What does "importing" mean? | bringing in goods from other states or countries to be sold in our state
| What does "exporting" mean? | sending some things we produce to other states or countries
| What does NC import? | lumber, medicine, coffee, cocoa
| What does NC export? | cotton, soybeans, sweet potatoes, turkeys, computers, clothing, furniture, chemical products
| What region of NC can you visit Grandfather Mountain? | Mountain Region |
