8th Grade Unit 1 Review

What was the economy of South Carolina and other Southern Colonies based on?

• Ship Building

• Trading With Natives

• Harvesting Lumber

• Plantation Systems

African slaves had knowledge of growing what crop?

• rice

• indigo

• cotton

• Sugar

Why did the Gullah language develop along the coast of South Carolina?

• There was limited access and interaction with outsiders and a large isolated concentration of Africans there

• The coast was the only places slaves were located in South Carolina

• The government did not have money to educate the slaves

What was the name of the trip African slaves took from West Africa to the New World?

• Pacific Passage

• Middle Passage

• New World Passage

• The Passage

What led to the importation of more slaves in South Carolina during the late 17th Century?

• The growing demand for both rice and indigo

• The growing demand of the naval stores

• The growing demand for cotton in foreign markets

• The growning demand of the fur trade business with the natives

Why did South Carolina have fewer free African-Americans than other colonies? (Choose 2 answers)

• slaves were valuable and owners were hesitant in freeing them.

• owners had to pay a fee to the General Assembly to free their slaves.

• owners had to pay for the moving expenses for the slaves they set free.

• slaves who were freed had to leave within six months or risk re-enslavement

What was the result of the Stono Rebellion?

• The slaves were able to make it to Spanish Florida and get their freedom.

• The Slave Codes were strengthened to control slaves lives.

• The slave trade was restricted in the colony of South Carolina.

• The slaves were able to make it the west and gain land of their own.

Read the quote below."...That no person whatsoever shall permit or suffer any slave under his care or management...to go out of the limits of said town...or...to go out of the plantation to which the slave belongs...without a letter superscribed and directed, or a ticket..."The slave code referenced above controlled which of the following aspects of slavery?

• the ability to obtain medical attention

• the ability to travel off the plantation

• the ability to possess a weapon

• the ability to read or write

How were slaves able to preserve their African culture?

• African slaves completed wood carvings, used folk medicine and basket weaving.

• African slaves used their background knowledge to grow cotton in the Backcountry.

• African slaves used their democratic principles to help establish colonial governments.

• African slaves used their agricultural knowledge to grow corn.

Trade with what areas helped South Carolina become prosperous? Choose 2 answers.

• Barbados

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain