North Carolina

Tar Heel State - 12th - November 12, 1789

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1 ocean east of North Carolina
5 state flower (2 words)
6 residents (2 words)
8 postal abbreviation

11 North Carolina was one of the

original 13 __________ in the New
World

13 brothers Orville and Wilbur

__________ built the first successful
airplanes

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15 state animal (2 words)

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2 city that is the headquarters for the

Eastern Band of the Cherokee
Indians

3 highest point (2 words)
4 state tree
7 largest city
9 North Carolina shares borders with

South Carolina, __________,
Virginia, and Tennesee

10 state bird
12 state motto - "To be, rather than to

__________"