praj-17/QA-MCQ-Open-ended huggingface dataset:
Title: North_Carolina
Context: The coastal plain transitions to the Piedmont region along the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, a line which marks the elevation at which waterfalls first appear on streams and rivers. The Piedmont region of central North Carolina is the state's most urbanized and densely populated section. It consists of gently rolling countryside frequently broken by hills or low mountain ridges. Small, isolated, and deeply eroded mountain ranges and peaks are located in the Piedmont, including the Sauratown Mountains, Pilot Mountain, the Uwharrie Mountains, Crowder's Mountain, King's Pinnacle, the Brushy Mountains, and the South Mountains. The Piedmont ranges from about 300 to 400 feet (91 to 122 m) in elevation in the east to over 1,000 feet (300 m) in the west. Because of the rapid population growth in the Piedmont, a significant part of the rural area in this region is being transformed into suburbs with shopping centers, housing, and corporate offices. Agriculture is steadily declining in importance. The major rivers of the Piedmont, such as the Yadkin and Catawba, tend to be fast-flowing, shallow, and narrow.

question: Pilot Mountain and South Mountains are located in what region of North Carolina? 

answer: Piedmont

question: What section of Central North Carolina has the most dense population? 

answer: The Piedmont region

question: What is the average elevation in the west Piedmont region? 

answer: 1,000 feet

question: What do you call the line that marks the elevation that waterfalls first appear on rivers? 

answer: Atlantic Seaboard fall line

question: At what point does the coastal plin transition to the Piedmont region? 

answer: along the Atlantic Seaboard fall line
Title: North_Carolina
Context: The western section of the state is part of the Appalachian Mountain range. Among the subranges of the Appalachians located in the state are the Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Balsam Mountains, and Black Mountains. The Black Mountains are the highest in the eastern United States, and culminate in Mount Mitchell at 6,684 feet (2,037 m) the highest point east of the Mississippi River. Although agriculture still remains important, tourism has become a dominant industry in the mountains. Growing Christmas trees has recently become an important industry as well. Because of the higher altitude, the climate in the mountains often differs markedly from that of the rest of the state. Winter in western North Carolina typically features high snowfall and subfreezing temperatures more akin to those of a midwestern state than of a southern state.

question: The weatern part of North Carolina is part of what mountain range? 

answer: Appalachian Mountain range

question: The Great Smokey Mountains and the Black Moutains are subranges of what mountains? 

answer: Appalachians

question: What mountains are the highest in the eastern United States? 

answer: The Black Mountains

question: What is the name of the highest point east of the Mississippi river? 

answer: Mount Mitchell

question: How high is Mt. Mitchell? 

answer: 6,684 feet
Title: North_Carolina
Context: The climate of the coastal plain is influenced by the Atlantic Ocean, which keeps conditions mild in winter and moderate, although humid, in summer. The highest coastal, daytime temperature averages less than 89 °F (32 °C) during summer months. The coast has mild temperatures in winter, with daytime highs rarely below 40 °F (4 °C). The average daytime temperature in the coastal plain is usually in the mid-50s °F (11–14 °C) in winter. Temperatures in the coastal plain only occasionally drop below the freezing point at night. The coastal plain averages only around 1 inch (2.5 cm) of snow or ice annually, and in many years, there may be no snow or ice at all.

question: What ocean influinces the climate of North Carolinas coastal plain? 

answer: Atlantic

question: What is the climate of the coastal plain in the winter? 

answer: mild

question: What is the climate of North Carolinas coastal plain in the summer? 

answer: moderate, although humid

question: What is the average high North Carolina coastal temperature on the plains in the summer? 

answer: 89 °F

question: How often do temperatures on the coastal plain of NC drop below freezing at night? 

answer: occasionally
Title: North_Carolina
Context: The Atlantic Ocean has less influence on the climate of the Piedmont region, which has hotter summers and colder winters than in the coast. Daytime highs in the Piedmont often reach over 90 °F (32 °C) in the summer. While it is not common for the temperature to reach over 100 °F (38 °C) in the state, such temperatures, when they occur, typically are found only in the lower-elevation areas of the Piedmont and far-inland areas of the coastal plain. The weaker influence of the Atlantic Ocean also means that temperatures in the Piedmont often fluctuate more widely than in the coast.

question: What region of North Carolina has hotter summers and colder winters than the coast? 

answer: Piedmont

question: In summer, daytime highs often reach what temperature in the Piedmont region? 

answer: 90 °F

question: Temperatures over 100 degrees will typically be found in what elevation of the Piedmont? 

answer: .

question: What type of influence of the Atlantic Ocean makes the temperatures fluctuate more than on the coast? 

answer: weaker
Title: North_Carolina
Context: In winter, the Piedmont is colder than the coast, with temperatures usually averaging in the upper 40s–lower 50s °F (8–12 °C) during the day and often dropping below the freezing point at night. The region averages around 3–5 in (8–13 cm) of snowfall annually in the Charlotte area, and slightly more north toward the Virginia border. The Piedmont is especially notorious for sleet and freezing rain. Freezing rain can be heavy enough to snarl traffic and break down trees and power lines. Annual precipitation and humidity are lower in the Piedmont than in the mountains or the coast, but even at its lowest, the average is 40 in (1,020 mm) per year.

question: The Piedmont is colder than the coast in what season? 

answer: winter

question: What is the average winter daytime temperature in the Piedmont? 

answer: upper 40s–lower 50s °F

question: What do the temperatures often drop to at night in the piedmont region in the winter? 

answer: below the freezing point

question: What is the average snowfall per year in Charlotte? 

answer: 3–5 in

question: What type of precipitation is the Piedmont known for? 

answer: sleet and freezing rain
Title: North_Carolina
Context: The Appalachian Mountains are the coolest area of the state, with temperatures averaging in the low 40s and upper 30s °F (6–3 °C) for highs in the winter and falling into the low 20s °F (−5 °C) or lower on winter nights. Relatively cool summers have temperatures rarely rising above 80 °F (27 °C). Average snowfall in many areas exceeds 30 in (76 cm) per year, and can be heavy at the higher elevations; for example, during the Blizzard of 1993 more than 60 in (152 cm) of snow fell on Mount Mitchell over a period of three days. Mount Mitchell has received snow in every month of the year.

question: What mountain range makes up the coolest part of North Carolina? 

answer: The Appalachian Mountains

question: What are the average high winter temperatures in the Appalachians? 

answer: low 40s and upper 30s °F

question: What are the low winter temperatures in the Appalachians? 

answer: low 20s °F (−5 °C) or lower

question: Temperatures rarely go higher than what temperature in the Appalachians? 

answer: 80 °F

question: Average snowfall in the Appalachians can exceed how many inches? 

answer: 30
Title: North_Carolina
Context: Severe weather occurs regularly in North Carolina. On the average, a hurricane hits the state once a decade. Destructive hurricanes that have struck the state include Hurricane Fran, Hurricane Floyd, and Hurricane Hazel, the strongest storm to make landfall in the state, as a Category 4 in 1954. Hurricane Isabel stands out as the most damaging of the 21st century. Tropical storms arrive every 3 or 4 years. In addition, many hurricanes and tropical storms graze the state. In some years, several hurricanes or tropical storms can directly strike the state or brush across the coastal areas. Only Florida and Louisiana are hit by hurricanes more often. Although many people believe that hurricanes menace only coastal areas, the rare hurricane which moves inland quickly enough can cause severe damage; for example, in 1989, Hurricane Hugo caused heavy damage in Charlotte and even as far inland as the Blue Ridge Mountains in the northwestern part of the state. On the average, North Carolina has 50 days of thunderstorm activity per year, with some storms becoming severe enough to produce hail, flash floods, and damaging winds.

question: Hoe often do hurricanes hit North Carolina? 

answer: once a decade

question: Floyd, Fran, and Hazel are examples of what that hit the state of North Carolina? 

answer: hurricanes

question: What was the strongest storm to make landfall in North Carolina? 

answer: Hurricane Hazel

question: What category of hurricane was Hazel? 

answer: 4

question: What year did Hurrican Hazel hit North Carolina? 

answer: 1954
Title: North_Carolina
Context: North Carolina averages fewer than 20 tornadoes per year, many of them produced by hurricanes or tropical storms along the coastal plain. Tornadoes from thunderstorms are a risk, especially in the eastern part of the state. The western Piedmont is often protected by the mountains, which tend to break up storms as they try to cross over; the storms will often re-form farther east. Also a weather phenomenon known as "cold air damming" often occurs in the northwestern part of the state, which can also weaken storms but can also lead to major ice events in winter.

question: How many tornadoes does North Carolina have per year? 

answer: fewer than 20

question: Houuricanes and tropical stors can produce what across the coastal plain? 

answer: tornadoes

question: What part of the state holds the highest risk for tornadoes? 

answer: eastern

question: What protects the western piedmont from tornadoes? 

answer: mountains

question: What weather phenomenom can weaken storms but cause major ice events in NW North Carolina? 

answer: cold air damming
Title: North_Carolina
Context: Before A.D. 200, residents were building earthwork mounds, which were used for ceremonial and religious purposes. Succeeding peoples, including those of the ancient Mississippian culture established by A.D. 1000 in the Piedmont, continued to build or add onto such mounds. In the 500–700 years preceding European contact, the Mississippian culture built large, complex cities and maintained far-flung regional trading networks. Historically documented tribes in the North Carolina region included the Carolina Algonquian-speaking tribes of the coastal areas, such as the Chowanoke, Roanoke, Pamlico, Machapunga, Coree, Cape Fear Indians, and others, who were the first to encounter the English; Iroquoian-speaking Meherrin, Cherokee and Tuscarora of the interior; and Southeastern Siouan tribes, such as the Cheraw, Waxhaw, Saponi, Waccamaw, and Catawba.[citation needed]

question: During what time period did people buid earth mounds used for religious and ceremonial purposes? 

answer: Before A.D. 200

question: By 1000 AD, what culture of people settled in the Piedmont? 

answer: ancient Mississippian culture

question: About how many years before European contact did ancient Mississippian culture build large cities? 

answer: 500–700 years

question: Pamlico and Cape fear indians are examples of what? 

answer: Algonquian-speaking tribes

question: Where did the Algonquin speaking tribes of North Carolina live? 

answer: the coastal areas
Title: North_Carolina
Context: In June 1718 Blackbeard, aka Edward Teach, ran his flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, aground at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina, in present-day Carteret County. After the grounding her crew and supplies were transferred to smaller ships. In 1996 Intersal, Inc., a private firm, discovered the remains of a vessel likely to be the Queen Anne's Revenge, which was added to the US National Register of Historic Places. In November, after losing his ship and appealing to the governor of North Carolina who promised safe-haven and a pardon, the notorious pirate, Blackbeard (Edward Teach) was killed in an ambush by troops from Virginia.

question: What was another name for Blackbeard? 

answer: Edward Teach

question: What was the name of blackbeards ship? 

answer: the Queen Anne's Revenge

question: Where in North Carolina did Blackbeards ship crash? 

answer: Beaufort Inlet

question: What year did Blackbeard run his ship aground in North Carolina? 

answer: 1718

question: What year were the remains of the Queen Anne's Revenge discovered? 

answer: 1996
Title: North_Carolina
Context: North Carolina became one of the English Thirteen Colonies and with the territory of South Carolina was originally known as the Province of Carolina. The northern and southern parts of the original province separated in 1729. Originally settled by small farmers, sometimes having a few slaves, who were oriented toward subsistence agriculture, the colony lacked cities or towns. Pirates menaced the coastal settlements, but by 1718 the pirates had been captured and killed. Growth was strong in the middle of the 18th century, as the economy attracted Scots-Irish, Quaker, English and German immigrants. The colonists generally supported the American Revolution, as the number of Loyalists was smaller than in some other colonies.

question: North carolina and Sounth Carolina together were known as what? 

answer: the Province of Carolina

question: What year were the northern and southern carolinas seperated? 

answer: 1729

question: What was the profession of most of the settlers in the Province of Carolina? 

answer: small farmers

question: What people were a menace to the coastal areas of the Province of carolina? 

answer: Pirates

question: By what year had all of the pirates in the NC Province been captured or killed? 

answer: 1718
Title: North_Carolina
Context: During colonial times, Edenton served as the state capital beginning in 1722, and New Bern was selected as the capital in 1766. Construction of Tryon Palace, which served as the residence and offices of the provincial governor William Tryon, began in 1767 and was completed in 1771. In 1788 Raleigh was chosen as the site of the new capital, as its central location protected it from attacks from the coast. Officially established in 1792 as both county seat and state capital, the city was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, sponsor of Roanoke, the "lost colony" on Roanoke Island.

question: What was the state capital of North Carolina in 1722? 

answer: Edenton

question: What city became the capital of North Carolina in 1766? 

answer: New Bern

question: Who was the governor of North carolina in 1767? 

answer: William Tryon

question: What was the name of the offices and residence built for William Tryon? 

answer: Tryon Palace

question: What central North carolina cuty was chosen for the capital in 1788? 

answer: Raleigh
Title: North_Carolina
Context: North Carolina made the smallest per-capita contribution to the war of any state, as only 7,800 men joined the Continental Army under General George Washington; an additional 10,000 served in local militia units under such leaders as General Nathanael Greene. There was some military action, especially in 1780–81. Many Carolinian frontiersmen had moved west over the mountains, into the Washington District (later known as Tennessee), but in 1789, following the Revolution, the state was persuaded to relinquish its claim to the western lands. It ceded them to the national government so that the Northwest Territory could be organized and managed nationally.

question: What state made the smallest contribution to the revolutionary war of any state? 

answer: North Carolina

question: How many men from NC joined the continental army? 

answer: 7,800

question: What years were the highest concentration of military action in NC during the revolutionary war? 

answer: 1780–81

question: Who led the continental army? 

answer: General George Washington

question: Frontiersmen from the Carolinas moved west into what area that is now known as Tennessee? 

answer: Washington District
Title: North_Carolina
Context: After 1800, cotton and tobacco became important export crops. The eastern half of the state, especially the Tidewater region, developed a slave society based on a plantation system and slave labor. Many free people of color migrated to the frontier along with their European-American neighbors, where the social system was looser. By 1810, nearly 3 percent of the free population consisted of free people of color, who numbered slightly more than 10,000. The western areas were dominated by white families, especially Scots-Irish, who operated small subsistence farms. In the early national period, the state became a center of Jeffersonian and Jacksonian democracy, with a strong Whig presence, especially in the West. After Nat Turner's slave uprising in 1831, North Carolina and other southern states reduced the rights of free blacks. In 1835 the legislature withdrew their right to vote.

question: After what year did cotton and tobacco become important crops in North Carolina? 

answer: After 1800

question: The Tidewater region was in what half of North Carolina? 

answer: eastern

question: What region of North Carolina used slave labor and developed a slave society? 

answer: the Tidewater region

question: Where did free black people migrate to because of the looser social system? 

answer: the frontier

question: By 1810, what percentage of the free population was black? 

answer: 3
Title: North_Carolina
Context: With the defeat of the Confederacy in 1865, the Reconstruction Era began. The United States abolished slavery without compensation to slaveholders or reparations to freedmen. A Republican Party coalition of black freedmen, northern carpetbaggers and local scalawags controlled state government for three years. The white conservative Democrats regained control of the state legislature in 1870, in part by Ku Klux Klan violence and terrorism at the polls, to suppress black voting. Republicans were elected to the governorship until 1876, when the Red Shirts, a paramilitary organization that arose in 1874 and was allied with the Democratic Party, helped suppress black voting. More than 150 black Americans were murdered in electoral violence in 1876.

question: What year was the confederacy defeated? 

answer: 1865

question: What Era began following the defeat of the confederacy? 

answer: Reconstruction Era

question: The US abolished slavery without giving what to slave owners? 

answer: compensation

question: When did white Democrats regain control of the state legislature? 

answer: 1870

question: What did the KKK target with violence and terrorism at the polls? 

answer: black voting
Title: North_Carolina
Context: Democrats were elected to the legislature and governor's office, but the Populists attracted voters displeased with them. In 1896 a biracial, Populist-Republican Fusionist coalition gained the governor's office. The Democrats regained control of the legislature in 1896 and passed laws to impose Jim Crow and racial segregation of public facilities. Voters of North Carolina's 2nd congressional district elected a total of four African-American congressmen through these years of the late 19th century.

question: What political party was elected to the legislature and Governors office? 

answer: Democrats

question: What political group attracted voters displeased with Democrats? 

answer: Populists

question: What year did a biracial Populist fusion gain the Governors office? 

answer: 1896

question: What year did the Democrats regain control of the governors office from the biracial Populists? 

answer: 1896

question: In the 19th century, how many african american congressmen were elected? 

answer: four
Title: North_Carolina
Context: In 1899 the state legislature passed a new constitution, with requirements for poll taxes and literacy tests for voter registration which disfranchised most black Americans in the state. Exclusion from voting had wide effects: it meant that black Americans could not serve on juries or in any local office. After a decade of white supremacy, many people forgot that North Carolina had ever had thriving middle-class black Americans. Black citizens had no political voice in the state until after the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed to enforce their constitutional rights. It was not until 1992 that another African American was elected as a US Representative from North Carolina.

question: What did the NC state legislature pass in 1899? 

answer: a new constitution

question: What type of taxes were required by the new NC constitution? 

answer: poll taxes

question: What did the new constitution require for voter registration? 

answer: literacy tests

question: Being excluded from doing what, made it so that black people could not serve on juries or in public office? 

answer: voting

question: What year was the Federal Civil Rights Act? 

answer: 1964
Title: North_Carolina
Context: As in the rest of the former Confederacy, North Carolina had become a one-party state, dominated by the Democratic Party. Impoverished by the Civil War, the state continued with an economy based on tobacco, cotton and agriculture. Towns and cities remained few in the east. A major industrial base emerged in the late 19th century in the western counties of the Piedmont, based on cotton mills established at the fall line. Railroads were built to connect the new industrializing cities. The state was the site of the first successful controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air flight, by the Wright brothers, near Kitty Hawk on December 17, 1903. In the first half of the 20th century, many African Americans left the state to go North for better opportunities, in the Great Migration. Their departure changed the demographic characteristics of many areas.

question: What political party Dominated NC after the confederacy? 

answer: Democratic

question: What was the economy of North Carolina based on after the confederacy? 

answer: tobacco, cotton and agriculture

question: When did a major industrial base appear in North Carolina? 

answer: late 19th century

question: Where did the major industrial base appear in North Carolina? 

answer: western counties of the Piedmont

question: What was the emergence of the industrial base of North carolina based on? 

answer: cotton mills
Title: North_Carolina
Context: North Carolina was hard hit by the Great Depression, but the New Deal programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt for cotton and tobacco significantly helped the farmers. After World War II, the state's economy grew rapidly, highlighted by the growth of such cities as Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham in the Piedmont. Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill form the Research Triangle, a major area of universities and advanced scientific and technical research. In the 1990s, Charlotte became a major regional and national banking center. Tourism has also been a boon for the North Carolina economy as people flock to the Outer Banks coastal area and the Appalachian Mountains anchored by Asheville.

question: What programs created by FDR helped North Carolina during the Great Depression? 

answer: New Deal programs

question: Who did the new deal programs benefit? 

answer: farmers

question: What crops was the New Deal Program made for? 

answer: cotton and tobacco

question: After what war did the states economy improve? 

answer: World War II

question: In the 1990's what NC city became a national banking center? 

answer: Charlotte