C. Raleigh was chosen as the site of the colony’s capital, as its central location protected it from coastal attacks. The city was named after Sir Walter Raleigh, sponsor of the “lost colony” Roanoke. A site on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island was England’s first attempt to establish a settlement in North America. All its settlers disappeared before an English supply ship returned in 1590.

Q: Florence drifted westward slowly – about 2 miles an hour – into South Carolina after dumping more than 30 inches of rain along the Atlantic coasts of the Carolinas. It also was expected to drop up to 10 inches of rain in which state just north of North Carolina?

A. Georgia

B. Maryland

C. Tennessee

D. Virginia

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D. North Carolina is bordered by Virginia to the north, Tennessee to the west and South Carolina and Georgia to the south. South Carolina is wedged in by North Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic Ocean.

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Q: While Florence caused at least 17 deaths in the Carolinas, a severe typhoon on the other side of the world killed at least 64 people as it swept across the island of Luzon in which country?

A. China

B. Philippines

C. Thailand

D. Vietnam

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B. Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines, which consists of about 7,641 islands. The death toll from last weekend’s Typhoon Mangkhut was far less than the typhoon that struck the archipelago in 2013 and killed at least 6,300. Hurricanes and typhoons are tropical cyclones referred to by different names depending on location.

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Q: After lashing the Philippines, Typhoon Mangkhut crossed the South China Sea to strike Hong Kong, a former colony of which nation?

A. Britain

B. Portugal

C. Spain

D. United States

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A. Britain gained control of Hong Kong Island and nearby territory in the Opium Wars of the 19th century, when China was forced to allow British and other traders to keep selling the highly addictive drug to the Chinese. Britain returned the territory to China in 1999.

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