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Yearly Review! - SC History - Spring 2022

Total questions: 141

Worksheet time: 1hrs 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What group was known for their pottery, and building wigwams near river banks making them known as the "river people"?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Catawba
c)
Yamassee
d)
Creek
2.
Which group was the first to create a PERMANENT settlement in SC?
a)
Spanish
b)
French
c)
Greek
d)
English
3.
What was the motivation for the settlement of SC and other southern colonies?
a)
religious freedom
b)
economic profit
c)
gender equality
d)
prisoner reform
4.
How was the Lowcountry of SC different from the Upcountry?
a)
Most wealthy planters lived in the Lowcountry
b)
Literacy rates were lower in the Lowcountry
c)
People in the Lowcountry lacked representation in government
d)
People in the Lowcountry did not have access to ports and rivers
5.
How did subsidies affect SC settlers?
a)
decreased the cost of indentured servants
b)
helped settlers pay for growing indigo
c)
promoted the production of naval stores
d)
outlawed the sale of Native American slaves
6.
Which describes a royal colony?
a)
a colony owned by a wealthy citizen
b)
a colony with no government
c)
a colony with representative government
d)
a colony under direct control of the king
7.
Which situation led to the Regulator Movement in the backcountry of SC?
a)
high tax rates in the Lowcountry funded the Regulators to serve as a police force in the backcountry
b)
a lack of law enforcement in the backcountry caused the establishment of vigilante justice
c)
the passage of strict laws to restore order in the backcountry led to violent protests
d)
unfair trials and vigilante justice led the colony to hire Regulators to restore order
8.

South Carolina is a(n)...

a)

city/town

b)

county

c)

state

d)

country

9.

Which is NOT a state?

a)

Florence

b)

South Carolina

c)

North Carolina

d)

Virginia

10.

Which state is NOT in the south?

a)

New York

b)

South Carolina

c)

Tennessee

d)

Virginia

11.

Which is bigger?

a)

City

b)

County

12.
Which region is pictured?
a)
Inner Coastal Plain
b)
Coastal Zone
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Outer Coastal Plain
13.
Which region is pictured?
a)
Sand Hills
b)
Blue Ridge
c)
Piedmont
d)
Outer Coastal Plain
14.
Which region is pictured?
a)
Sand Hills
b)
Coastal Zone
c)
Inner Coastal Zone
d)
Blue Ridge
15.
Which region is pictured?
a)
Inner Coastal Plain
b)
Blue Ridge
c)
Coastal Zone
d)
Piedmont
16.
Which region is pictured?
a)
Outer Coastal Plain
b)
Sand Hills
c)
Coastal Zone
d)
Piedmont
17.
In which region was this picture most likely taken?
a)
Sand Hills
b)
Blue Ridge
c)
Coastal Zone
d)
Inner Coastal Zone
18.
In which region was this picture most likely taken?
a)
Outer Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Sand Hills
d)
Coastal Zone
19.

Which region is known for rolling hills, many valleys, waterfalls, and is known as the "foot of the mountains"?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Sandhills

d)

Inner/Outer Coastal Plain

20.

Which region is known for beaches, Barrier islands, and marshes?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Sandhills

c)

Coastal Zone

d)

Coastal Plain

21.
Which ocean borders South Carolina's coast?
a)
Pacific 
b)
Indian
c)
Atlantic
d)
Artcic
22.
Which region is mostly flat and known for having rich soil for farming?
a)
Coastal Zoe
b)
Inner Coastal Plain
c)
Piedmont Region
d)
Sand Hills Region
23.

Why is there so much sand in the Sandhills region?

a)

Mrs. Bain brought it back Myrtle Beach

b)

The area used to be the beach a long, long, time ago

c)

That just the way it is

24.
What river system is shown here?
a)
PeeDee
b)
Savannah
c)
Edisto
d)
Santee
25.
What river system is show here?
a)
PeeDee
b)
Edisto
c)
Savannah
d)
Santee
26.
Name this river system in South Carolina that runs through our state capital.
a)
PeeDee
b)
Santee
c)
Edisto
d)
Savannah
27.
Name this South Carolina river system.
a)
PeeDee
b)
Santee
c)
Savannah
d)
Edisto
28.
Here are 3 regions in South Carolina: Piedmont, Outer Coastal Plain, Sandhills.  What 3 are missing?
a)
Blue Ridge, Coastal Zone, Piedmont
b)
Blue Ridge, Inner Coastal Plain, Coastal Zone
c)
Sandhills, Insect zone, Blue Ridge
d)
Beach Zone, Coastal Plain, Sandhills
29.
Which region is the SMALLEST of all the regions?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Sandhills
c)
Blue Ridge
30.
What region used to be the ocean?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Sandhills
c)
Blue Ridge
31.
This is the region that borders (right next to) the Coastal Zone
a)
Inner Coastal Plain
b)
Outer Coastal Plain
c)
Blue Ridge
d)
Piedmont
32.
The ___________ has many swamps, rivers and streams.
a)
Outer Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Sandhills
d)
Blue Ridge
33.
What region has many forests?
a)
Inner Coastal Plain
b)
Coastal Zone
c)
Piedmont
34.
What has been found that shows us that the Sandhills region was once an ocean?
a)
Dinosaurs
b)
Fossils
c)
Your class pet
35.

Which explorer built Charlesfort to provide protection to the colonists and claimed the land for France?

a)

William Hilton

b)

Juan Pardo

c)

Jean Ribault

d)

Giovanni da Verrazano

36.

Explorers come from which three countries to explore SC?

a)

Germany, Russia, France

b)

England, Spain, France

c)

Germany, Italy, Spain

37.

Who was the English settler that encouraged honest, friendly relations with the Spanish and Native Americans?

a)

William Hilton

b)

Henry Woodward

c)

Hernando De Soto

d)

Jean Ribault

38.

What was the main goal of Henry Woodward?

a)

He wanted to become a Native American

b)

He wanted to start wars with the Native Americans

c)

He wanted to create a permanent English colony.

39.

What was the only country to establish a successful permanent settlement in SC

a)

France

b)

Spain

c)

England

40.

Red Leader for war times; White leader for peaceful times:

a)

Cherokee

b)

Catawba

c)

Yemassee

41.

Harvested oysters, clams and other seafood from the ocean:

a)

Cherokee

b)

Catawba

c)

Yemassee

42.

Piedmont Natives:

a)

Cherokee

b)

Catawba

c)

Yemassee

43.

Lived on beach during summer; wigwams in woods in winter:

a)

Cherokee

b)

Catawba

c)

Yemassee

44.

Tall log fence built to surround a village for protection:

a)

palisade

b)

dugout canoe

c)

council

d)

wigwam

45.
Some reasons explorers were not successful in the New world were some did not have the knowledge  to grow their own food, fighting with the Native Americans, and diseases.
a)
True
b)
False
46.

Select each of the crops that were considered to be the "Three Sisters Crops"

a)

Beans

b)

Greens, Potatoes, Tomatoes

c)

Corn

d)

Squash

e)

Tobaccoo

47.
The economy of South Carolina, like the economies of other southern colonies, was largely based on the _____________ system.
a)
Metric
b)
Train
c)
Plantation
d)
Musical
48.
Carolina settlers from _____________brought their slaves with them.
a)
Africa
b)
England
c)
Barbados
d)
Trinidad
49.
With the development of ___________  __________ and the plantation system came an increase in the slave trade
a)
irrigation system 
b)
colonial states
c)
Carolina Coffee
d)
cash crops
50.
The growing demand for both __________ and indigo led plantation owners to import more slaves.
a)
rice
b)
tobbaco
c)
corn
d)
apples
51.
_______________ was a spoken language and the shared culture of Africans that developed in the Sea Islands off the coasts of South Carolina
a)
Rusisan
b)
Spanish
c)
Gullah
d)
German
52.
Indigo was a plant used to make a highly valued ____________dye.
a)
green
b)
blue
c)
purple
d)
yellow
53.
_____________ was an economic system in which the mother country controlled trade in order to export more goods than it imported.
a)
Salarism
b)
Levelism
c)
Projectism
d)
Mercantilism 
54.
The British government encouraged the development of new products such as indigo by offering ______________to planters who grew it.
a)
cars
b)
subsidies
c)
gold
d)
bigger homes
55.
The first white settlers to move to the backcountry were traders and ______________, so they were viewed by the Lowcountry elite as “uncivilized.”
a)
politicans
b)
plantation owners
c)
indians
d)
woodsmen
56.
Who rescued the flag in The Battle of Sullivan's Island?
a)
Francis Marion
b)
William Jasper
c)
Andrew Pickens
d)
Thomas Sumter
57.
The fort during the battle of Sullivan's Island was built out of what?
a)
Brick
b)
Wood
c)
Palmetto Logs
d)
Grass and trees
58.
Who won the battle of Kings Mountain?
a)
British
b)
Patroits 
59.
Who won the Battle of Cowpens?
a)
Patroits 
b)
British
c)
Nobody 
60.
Which battle ended the British troops' march through the backcountry?
a)
Battle of Sullivan's Island
b)
Battle of Cowpens
c)
Battle of Kings Mountain
d)
Battle of Eutaw Springs
61.
What is a blockade?
a)
it keeps people and ships from coming in or out of a place
b)
a movie
c)
When ships get stuck in shallow water.
62.
Who were loyalists?
a)
People who were loyal to the colonies.
b)
People who lived in England and were loyal to the King.
c)
Patriots 
d)
People who lived in the colonies, but were loyal to the King.
63.
Who won the Revolutionary War?
a)
The British
b)
The Patriots 
64.
Which class of people worked from sun up to sun down in the fields without pay?
a)
Elite Class
b)
Enslaved African Americans
c)
Free African Americans
d)
Lower Class
65.
Who invented the cotton gin?
a)
Jefferson Davis
b)
Eli Whitney
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
George Washington
66.
How did the cotton gin affect slavery?
a)
It increased the number of slaves.
b)
The slaves did not have to work that much.
c)
It ended the institution of slavery
d)
Fewer slaves were brought onto the plantations. 
67.
Because South Carolina feared the growth of the abolitionist movement and the concept of state's rights, South Carolina _________________ the Union.
a)
received help.
b)
ratified
c)
added to
d)
seceded
68.
The idea that states have the right to decide whether or not to obey national laws was called _____________________________.
a)
the Constitution
b)
The State's Rights
c)
The SC Way of Life
d)
the Abolitionist Movement
69.

Who made up the elite upper class?

a)

Church leaders

b)

Free African Americans

c)

Wealthy Planters

d)

Tenant Farmers

70.

Which statement does NOT describe the life of a slave?

a)

Slaves had to work without pay.

b)

Slaves did not have rights and freedoms others had.

c)

Slaves were taught how to read and write in school.

d)

Slaves were bought and sold as if they were livestock.

71.

It was against the law for what group to be educated?

a)

merchants

b)

slaves

c)

women

d)

farmers

72.

Private tutors were used to educate children of the _______________.

a)

middle class

b)

slaves

c)

elite class

d)

lower class

73.

"Antebellum" means...

a)

A time of cotton.

b)

A time of slavery.

c)

A time before a war.

d)

A time before exploration.

74.

What period did ancient Native Americas start domesticating dogs?

a)

The Archaic Period

b)

The Paleo Period

c)

The Woodlands Period

d)

The Antebellum Era

75.

How many children did the "Godfather or Soul" and SC native James Brown have?

a)

1

b)

20

c)

4

d)

15

76.

Which river system begins in NC and drains down into the region of SC we (Dillon County) live in?

a)

The Savannah System

b)

The Pee Dee System

c)

The Edisto System

d)

The Cherokee System

77.

European Explorers ventured to the New World for...

a)

"God, Gold, and Glory"

b)

"Guns and Butter"

c)

"Goodness, Greatness, and Grass"

d)

"Game, Gold, and Glory"

78.

The highest point in our state is the ________ Mountain

a)

Sassafras

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Blue Ridge

d)

Manaslu

79.

The Edisto River System is sometimes called...

a)

The BCE System

b)

The Pee Dee System

c)

The Yamasee System

d)

The ACE System

80.

This is the most brutal form of slavery created here in America.

a)

Chattel Slavery

b)

Roman Slavery

c)

African Slavery

d)

Arab Slavery

81.

How many years has Mr. Cannon been married?

a)

20 yrs.

b)

15 yrs.

c)

7 yrs.

d)

9 yrs.

82.

Where is Mr. Cannon from?

a)

Darlington

b)

Greenville

c)

Columbia

d)

Florence

83.

What was the name of the settlement where the first slave rebellion in North America occurred?

a)

Tampa Bay

b)

Jamestown

c)

San Miguel de Gualdape

d)

Plymouth

84.
Which of the following terms means to withdraw?
a)
secede
b)
fugitive
c)
propaganda
d)
blockade
85.
The admission of what state as a free state led to the Compromise of 1850?
a)
Missouri
b)
Oregon
c)
Texas
d)
California
86.

Wrote the Dred Scott decision

a)

Compromise of 1850

b)

Freeport Doctrine

c)

Roger B. Taney

d)

Zachary Taylor

e)

Henry David Thoreau

87.

Who was a violent opponent of slavery?

a)

Preston Brooks

b)

John Brown

c)

Andrew P. Butler

d)

Charles Sumner

88.

Which event marked the beginning of the Civil War?

a)

attack on Fort Sumter

b)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

c)

Lincoln inauguration

d)

secession of South Carolina

89.

Where does the Catawba culture continue today in SC?

a)

Rock Hill

b)

Columbia

c)

Sumter

d)

Charleston

90.
Who lived in wigwams?
a)
Catawba
b)
Yamessee
c)
Both 
91.
Who lived in longhouses?
a)
The Catawba
b)
The Cherokee
c)
None of the Above
92.
Who lived in wattle and daub houses?
a)
Cherokee & Yamessee
b)
Catawba & Cherokee
c)
Yamessee & Catawba
93.
What tribe is knows for their pottery?
a)
Cherokee
b)
Yemasses
c)
Catawba
94.
Most tribes live near_______.
a)
Mountains
b)
Rivers
c)
Ponds
95.
What is the name of this shelter?
a)
Wigwam
b)
Wattle  & Daub
c)
Long House
96.
What is the name of this shelter?
a)
Long House
b)
Wattle & Daub
c)
Wigwam
97.
What is the name of this shelter?
a)
Long House
b)
Wattle & Daub
c)
Wigwam
98.
What is the name of this type of shelter?
a)
Long House
b)
Wattle & Daub
c)
Wigwam
99.

The proprietors offered settlers free _______________ to move to Carolina to start a colony.

a)

colony

b)

land

c)

Spain

d)

supplies

100.

Lord Anthony Ashley persuaded the others to use their own ________________ to purchase ships and supplies to start the colony in SC.

a)

supplies

b)

England

c)

debt

d)

money

101.

The leader of the Patriot/American army was__________

a)

George Washington

b)

Francis Marion

c)

Thomas Sumter

d)

Thomas Jefferson

102.

____________________ had more battles fought there than any other state.

a)

North Carolina

b)

New York

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

103.

_________________________was known as "The Swamp Fox"

a)

Thomas Sumter

b)

George Washington

c)

John Rutlegde

d)

Francis Marion

104.

This man was known as "The Gamecock"

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Christopher Gadsden

c)

Francis Marion

d)

Thomas Sumter

105.

____________________was a former slave who was killed in the Boston Massacre

a)

Crispus Attacks

b)

John Freeman

c)

George Carver

d)

John Adams

106.
What impact did the introduction of farming have on the Eastern Woodlands tribes?
a)
It caused them to settle in more permanent villages than their ancestors.
b)
It forced them to travel to new places to seek out fertile land.
c)
It resulted in malnutrition as they did not have a wide variety of foods.
d)
It made their lifestyle very similar to that of the Plains Indians.
107.
What was the main reason European nations competed for colonies in the New World?
a)
to build on their knowledge of science and geography
b)
to distract themselves from the colonial competition in Africa
c)
to exploit the Native Americans as a cheap labor force
d)
to obtain wealth and power for the mother country
108.
Which of the following ideas did Ben Tillman support?
a)
Political and social equality for blacks
b)
Women’s right to vote and hold office
c)
Civil rights and more education for blacks
d)
Segregation and white supremacy
109.
Which political party controlled South Carolina after the election of 1876? 
a)
Radical Republicans
b)
Conservative Democrats
c)
Liberal Tories
d)
Green Party
110.

What 2 schools did Ben Tillman help open for middle class white males and females? (check all that apply)

a)

Clemson

b)

Columbia

c)

Winthrop

d)

USC

111.

A system in which landowners let poor farmers use small areas of their land, and in return the farmers gave the landowners a share of the crop...

a)

Sharecropping

b)

Segregation

c)

Border States

d)

Jim Crow's Law

112.

Which of the following is TRUE about sharecropping

a)

Sharecropping favored the freeedmen.

b)

Many freedmen were able to buy new homes through sharecropping

c)

Most sharecroppers remained in debt or in a cycle of poverty

d)

Many state governments offered loan for sharecropping farmers.

113.

What laws sought to restrict the freedoms of African Americans after slavery ended and they become the basis of Jim Crow Laws?

a)

Separate but Equal Doctrine

b)

Sharecropping

c)

The Grandfather laws

d)

Black Codes

114.

In the section, "Forty Acres and a Mule", tens of thousands of freed slaves left their plantations to follow...

a)

General Robert E. Lee

b)

General William T. Sherman

115.

What did governor Wade Hampton Want to do in SC?

a)

give African Americans full citizenship rights

b)

get the Bourbons out of office

c)

return to the pre-Civil War era

d)

repeal Jim Crow laws

116.

Which of these was a leading industry of the New South?

a)

dairy farming

b)

music

c)

printing

d)

textiles

117.
Small, grayish , long-snouted beetle that attacked the cotton plant
a)
Roach
b)
Mosquito
c)
Boll Weevil
d)
Ant
118.
What insect destroyed cotton?
a)
butterfly
b)
boll weevil
c)
ants
119.
A Boll Weevil is a ?
a)
Beetle that attacks the cotton plant
b)
A machine used to cultivate cotton
c)
another name for drought
120.
Boll Weevils feed on
a)
Wood
b)
Cotton
c)
Spiders
d)
Wheat
121.
a large farm where cash crops are grown
a)
cotton
b)
plantation
c)
factory
d)
indigo
122.

Select all the Sherman destroyed using the tactic, "Total War" on his March to the Sea.

a)

Animals (livestock)

b)

Supplies and materials

c)

Railroads

d)

Businesses

123.

After Sherman's March to the Sea, what did he do next?

a)

Went home to his family

b)

Marched North to Tennessee, continuing his destruction

c)

Marched North to South Carolina, continuing his destruction

d)

Stayed in Savannah to protect the coast

124.

Which state did Sherman's troops treat the harshest?

a)

Georgia

b)

South Carolina

c)

North Carolina

d)

Virginia

125.

During the March, the northern Troops destroyed much of the Industry, infrastructure and food supplies in their path. This type of war is sometimes called:

a)

Scorched Earth / Total War

b)

Burnt Path

c)

Seek and Destroy

d)

Shock and Awe

e)

Butterflies and Unicorns

126.

What is a colonists who chooses to fight AGAINST Great Britain called?

a)

Patriot

b)

Loyalist

c)

Lobster Back

d)

Tory

127.

What is the official name of a colonist who fights FOR Great Britain against the Patriots?

a)

Rebel

b)

Patriot

c)

Federalist

d)

Loyalist

128.

What is another name for Patriots?

a)

Revolutionaries

b)

British

c)

Continentals

d)

Loyalists

129.
Carolina commander Francis Marion's nickname was 
a)
Commander 
b)
Swamp Fox
c)
Hessian
d)
Saratoga
130.

The diagram depicts what economic relationship

between the American colonies and Britain in 1760?

a)

F. tax-free trade

b)

G. mercantilism

c)

H. balance of trade power

d)

J. federalism

131.
Which of the following is NOT in the Declaration of Independence?
a)
A list of grievances (complaints)
b)
Basic human rights
c)
The colonies were breaking away from England
d)
All slaves and women have equal rights
132.

In South Carolina, there were many ____ and ______ plantations.

a)

peach and rice

b)

rice and indigo

c)

bean and squash

d)

indigo and wheat

133.
Supplies used to waterproof, maintain and repair ships.
a)
Quit-Rent
b)
Rebellion
c)
Naval Stores
d)
Tarboro
134.
The annual land tax paid to the Proprietors.
a)
Sloop
b)
Quit-Rent
c)
Property tax
d)
charter
135.
Pirates were.....
a)
lovable characters
b)
misunderstood youths
c)
dangerous criminals
d)
mythical creatures
136.

Slaves were very important to Lowcountry planters. Which reason below was the MOST important?

a)

Slaves built houses

b)

Slaves brought new tools

c)

Slaves knew how to grow rice

d)

Slaves outnumbered the planters

137.
Which of the following statements is true?
a)
The South’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the North’s economy was based  on farming

b)
The North’s economy was based on industry and manufacturing; the South’s economy was based on farming
c)
The North and South both had an economy based on farming.
d)
The North and South both had an economy based on industry and manufacturing.
138.

Who was the president at the beginning of Reconstruction?

a)

Andrew Johnson

b)

Ulysses S. Grant

c)

Rutherford B. Hayes

d)

Jefferson Davis

139.

What industry produces yarn, thread and cloth?

a)

livestock industry

b)

textile industry

c)

mill industry

d)

agriculture industry

140.

What was the Freedmen's Bureau?

a)

organization to help freed African Americans in the south

b)

organization to help freed African Americans in the north

c)

organization to help planters adjust to new methods

d)

organization to help carpetbaggers adjust to the south

141.

For a short time, African Americans held the majority in the lower house of what state legislature?

a)

North Carolina

b)

South Carolina

c)

Alabama

d)

Kentucky

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Fall Semester Quiz Review US History 8th Grade

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145 questions

FE Review

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140 questions

2017 US History Review

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138 questions

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8th Grade

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140 questions

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142 questions

Civics Mid-Year Assessment Review

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140 questions

3rd Nine Weeks Rock Lake Review

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