| A | B |
| Social | having to do with people |
| Political | having to do with government |
| Economic | having to do with money or resources |
| Mountains | NC's western most region with the highest elevations |
| Piedmont | one of NC's middle regions, translates to "foot hills" |
| Coastal Plains | one of NC's middle regions, lots of rivers, low flat land, good farming |
| Tidewater | NC's eastern most region. Includes beaches, swamps, outerbanks |
| Region | an area that includes similar features |
| Place | all the features that make up an area |
| Location | an areas exact location |
| Movement | how people and goods move within an area |
| Human and Environmental Interaction | how people and environment react within an area |
| Primary Source | a first hand account |
| Secondary Source | a second hand account of an event |
| Bias | point of view or opinion |
| Human Feature | a man made feature |
| Physical Feature | a naturally occurring feature |
| Economy | how a region makes and uses its money and resources |
| Climate | the weather of a certain region |
| Fall Line | line separating the piedmont and coastal plains where there is a drop in elevation |
| Outer Banks/Barrier Islands | NC's second coastline and a physical feature in the tidewater region |
| Great Dismal Swamp | large amounts of swamp land and physical feature in the tidewater region |
| Sound | body of water where a river meets the ocean (NC has two) |
| Industry | the production of goods/how people make money |