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Sc history

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which region would you find sand dunes and salt marshes?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Sandhills

d)

Coastal Zone

2.

In which region do you find sandy hills and peach orchards?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Sandhills

d)

Coastal Zone

3.

What are SC's 4 main river systems?

a)

Edisto, Savannah, Santee, Pee Dee

b)

Savannah, Wacamaw, Charleston, Edisto

c)

Edisto, Santee, Wylie, Wateree

d)

Yemassee, Catawba, Cherokee, Creek

4.

Which cities ARE major cities in SC?

a)

Charleston

b)

Charlotte

c)

Greenville

d)

Columbia

5.

What word is used to describe the number of people living in an area?

a)

Popular

b)

Population

c)

Census

d)

Polar

6.

What word is used to describe the number of people living in an area?

a)

Popular

b)

Population

c)

Census

d)

Polar

7.

What is a a way in which the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee are alike?

a)

They hunt and fish for food.

b)

They build homes from natural resources in the region where they live.

c)

They live near a body of water.

d)

All of the answers are correct.

8.

In which region would you find the Yemasee?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Coastal Zone

9.

In which region would you find the Yemasee?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Coastal Plain

d)

Coastal Zone

10.

Who were the explorers that came to the New World from Spain?

a)

Hernando de Soto

b)

Jean Ribault

c)

Juan Pardo

d)

William Hilton

11.

Select all of the ways the Native Americans were negatively affected by the explorers.

a)

They cooked for them.

b)

They took land from the Native Americans and claimed it for their countries.

c)

They brought diseases.

d)

They helped them build new homes.

12.

Which country was the first to create a permanent settlement in SC?

a)

Spain

b)

France

c)

England

d)

Germany

13.

Where did many of the immigrant groups such as the Hugenots and Scots-Irish settle in SC?

a)

The coastal areas

b)

The backcountry

c)

The foothills

d)

The sandy hills

14.

What was one way that slaves kept their African culture alive?

a)

They farmed the land.

b)

They created Gullah.

c)

They cooked for the white people.

d)

They helped each other find work.

15.

Where did many of the immigrant groups such as the Hugenots and Scots-Irish settle in SC?

a)

The coastal areas

b)

The backcountry

c)

The foothills

d)

The sandy hills

16.

What was one way that slaves kept their African culture alive?

a)

They farmed the land.

b)

They created Gullah.

c)

They cooked for the white people.

d)

They helped each other find work.

17.

What is a boycott?

a)

when people refuse to buy a product to prove a point

b)

when people buy all of something so that no one else can have it

c)

when people all go to the same place at the same time

d)

when factories stop making something that people want

18.

What is a boycott?

a)

when people refuse to buy a product to prove a point

b)

when people buy all of something so that no one else can have it

c)

when people all go to the same place at the same time

d)

when factories stop making something that people want

19.

What were the Patriots fighting for in the American Revolution?

a)

independence from France

b)

remaining loyal to France

c)

independence from England

d)

remaining loyal to England

20.

How were militias important in the fight against the British?

a)

They helped build forts for the soldiers.

b)

They would surprise attack the British and then retreat back into the woods or swamps.

c)

They helped to train the soldiers.

d)

They helped to create weapons for the soldiers.

21.

How did the Freedmen’s Bureau helped newly freed slaves?

a)

A providing clothing, food, and housing

b)

B teaching them how to farm

c)

C providing transportation to Canada

d)

D giving them land to farm

22.

Why did sharecropping become common after the Civil War?

a)

A many people needed land and work

b)

b land was cheap and plentiful

c)

C there was plenty of money

d)

D there were too many crops

23.

What was the purpose of Jim Crow laws and poll taxes?

a)

A raise money for educational improvements

b)

B discriminate against African Americans

c)

C aid in funding the rebuilding of the South

d)

D provide funds for the military serving in the South

24.

Why did the trails to the West often follow riverbeds?

a)

A These were safe from Indian attacks.

b)

B Pioneers were able to find grains to eat.

c)

C Pioneers were knowledgeable about eastern rivers and could turn their wagons into boats

d)

D These routes were generally easier than going over the mountains.

25.

The growing of crops by Western settlers caused which of the following effects on the natural environment?

a)

A deforestation

b)

B limited grazing land

c)

C preserved natural areas

d)

D set up the first national parks

26.

The growing of crops by Western settlers caused which of the following effects on the natural environment?

a)

A deforestation

b)

B limited grazing land

c)

C preserved natural areas

d)

D set up the first national parks

27.

In an attempt by the United States government to free up more land for the settlers in the area of the Black Hills, a treaty was drafted that required the Indians to do what?

a)

A leave the area and return in two years so that the settlers could farm temporarily

b)

B stay on a reservation

c)

C sell their land to the settlers at a "reasonable" price

d)

D stay in an internment area

28.

Which of the following people and inventions belong together?

a)

A cotton gin - Henry Ford

b)

B telephone service – Alexander Graham Bell

c)

C telegraph service – Eli Whitney

d)

D electric lighting – Henry Bessemer

29.

The United States provided aid to Cuba during its fight for independence. Which of the following was a reason for that assistance?

a)

A the US wanted Cuba to repay its debts to Spain

b)

B the US had about 50 million dollars invested in American businesses in Cuba

c)

C Americans wanted an independent Cuba to conquer Mexico

d)

D many Americans wanted to move to Cuba

30.

Many third-world nations borrowed large amounts of money from banks in industrial nations after World War II. With the world-wide recession in the early 1980s, what was true of this debt?

a)

A It had little impact on the current world market.

b)

B It threatened banking systems and economies of all nations.

c)

C It had great impact on those nations who had made the loans.

d)

D It threatened to force only the third world nations into bankruptcy.

31.

What new technology was developed during World War II?

a)

A stealth planes

b)

B cannons

c)

C radar

d)

D machine guns

32.

Why did the United States help defend South Korea?

a)

A The United States wanted to stop the spread of Communism into South Korea.

b)

B The United States military needed another war to fight.

c)

C China asked the United States to become involved.

d)

D North Korea was ready to invade Japan.

33.

Who was the African American leader who fought for change using nonviolent methods?

a)

A George Washington Carver

b)

B Booker T. Washington

c)

C Malcolm X

d)

D Martin Luther King Jr.

34.

Recent efforts to curb air pollution have resulted in what?

a)

A more factory jobs and a decrease in service-oriented jobs

b)

B an increase in manufacturing facilities

c)

C stricter limits on automobile emissions

d)

D an increase in aerosol sprays, such as deodorants and hair styling sprays

35.

Communications and research were revolutionized by what?

a)

A expansion of the Library of Congress

b)

B creation of the Global Positioning System

c)

C development of smaller cell phones

d)

D broad availability of computers and internet access

36.

Which of these is a result of increasing cultural exchanges between U.S. citizens and new immigrants?

a)

A people now buy trucks instead of cars

b)

B the development of DVDs

c)

C expansion in the use of cell phones and the Internet

d)

D different foods and new ethnic restaurants

37.

Terrorism has become a global problem. To counteract terrorism, the United States has done what?

a)

A refused to accept any new immigrants

b)

B paid terrorists not to attack the United States

c)

C asked the United Nations to create a Terrorism Commission

d)

D frozen the bank accounts of suspected terrorist groups

38.

Terrorism has become a global problem. To counteract terrorism, the United States has done what?

a)

A refused to accept any new immigrants

b)

B paid terrorists not to attack the United States

c)

C asked the United Nations to create a Terrorism Commission

d)

D frozen the bank accounts of suspected terrorist groups

39.

The Civil Rights Act declared that __________________ in public places was illegal.

a)

inclusion

b)

segregation

c)

population

d)

secession

40.

What helped to end the Great Depression

a)

The New Deal

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

The Civil War