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SC History PRETEST

Total questions: 80

Worksheet time: 1hrs 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many counties are there in SC?

a)

64

b)

46

c)

13

d)

38

2.

What SC county do we live in?

a)

Richland

b)

Batesburg

c)

Aiken

d)

Horry

3.

What is the tallest mountain in SC

a)

Sassafras

b)

Everest

c)

Blue Ridge

d)

Chimney Rock

4.

What is the largest city in SC?

a)

Myrtle Beach

b)

Charleston

c)

Charlotte

d)

Columbia

5.

What county in SC has the largest population

a)

McCormick

b)

Horry

c)

Greenville

d)

Lexington

6.

What is the smallest county in SC?

a)

Lexington

b)

McCormick

c)

Lee

d)

Richland

7.

What country has most of SC Blue Ridge Mountains?

a)

Oconee

b)

Greenville

c)

Lee

d)

Saluda

8.

What SC river is the longest blackwater river in the world

a)

Saluda

b)

Cooper

c)

Broad

d)

Edisto

9.

What two rivers meet to form the Congaree River?

a)

Broad

b)

Ashley

c)

Cooper

d)

Saluda

10.

What two rivers meet in Charleston, SC

a)

Saluda

b)

Ashley

c)

Cooper

d)

Broad

11.

Where does the high land of the Piedmont drop down to the lowland of the Coastal Plain?

a)

Blue Ridge Mountains

b)

Fall line

c)

Coast line

d)

Sandhills

12.

What sea island is the second largest island in the US?

a)

Johns Island

b)

Sullivans Island

c)

Hawaii

d)

Fripp Island

13.

What is the name of SCs northern most beach?

a)

Garden City

b)

Hunnington Beach

c)

Edisto Beach

d)

Cherry Grove

14.

The coastal region from Charleston to Savannah goes by what collective name?

a)

Beech Islands

b)

Low Lands

c)

Sea Islands

d)

South Carolina Coast

15.

At what point do SC, NC, and Georgia meet?

a)

Ellicott's Rock

b)

Chimney Rock

c)

Table Rock

d)

Southern Rock

16.

Among the US, where does SC rank in area?

a)

50th

b)

40th

c)

30th

d)

18th

17.

What is the southern most island off the SC coast?

a)

Turtle

b)

Hilton Head

c)

Edisto

d)

Sullivans

18.

What are the large, oval areas in the coastal plain?

a)

plain circles

b)

Palmetto circles

c)

Carolina Girls

d)

Carolina Bays

19.

What National Monument is located in the Midlands, just south of Columbia?

a)

WW2 Veterans Monument

b)

Swamp Fox National Monument

c)

Congaree Swamp National Monument

d)

Santee River National Monument

20.

What word means "land at the foot of the mountain"?

a)

Hill stop

b)

Piedmont

c)

Sandhills

d)

Basin

21.

What is the State bird?

a)

Cardinal

b)

Carolina Wren

c)

Blue Bird

d)

Humming Bird

22.

What is the state gamebird?

a)

Wild Turkey

b)

Dove

c)

Guinea Fowl

d)

Road runner

23.

What is the state flower?

a)

Sunflower

b)

Carolina Carnation

c)

Tulip

d)

Yellow Jessamine

24.

What is the state tree?

a)

Cypress Tree

b)

Angel Oak

c)

Palmetto Tree

d)

Spruce Tree

25.

What is the state beverage?

a)

Milk

b)

Pepsi

c)

Sweet Tea

d)

Lemonade

26.

What is the state hospitality beverage?

a)

Charleston Tea

b)

Pepsi

c)

Milk

d)

Lemonade

27.

What is the state dog?

a)

Yellow Labrador

b)

German Shepard

c)

Boykin Spaniel

d)

Cocker Spaniel

28.

What is the state animal?

a)

Whitetail Deer

b)

Horned Owl

c)

Red Fox

d)

Black Bear

29.

What is the state insect?

a)

Carolina Mantis

b)

Garden Spider

c)

Cricket

d)

Carolina Mandid

30.

What is the state butterfly?

a)

Monarch Butterfly

b)

Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

c)

Gossamer Winged Butterfly

d)

American Moth Butterfly

31.

What is the state fish?

a)

gold fish

b)

Carp

c)

striped bass

d)

large mouth bass

32.

What is the state reptile?

a)

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

b)

Green Chemelon

c)

King Snake

d)

Box Turtle

33.

What is the state dance?

a)

Floss

b)

Square Dancing

c)

Line Dancing

d)

Shag

34.

What is the state Folk Dance ?

a)

Shag

b)

Carolina Two Step

c)

Square Dancing

d)

Floss

35.

What is the State Stone?

a)

Blue Granite

b)

Marble

c)

Grey Granite

d)

Sandstone

36.

What is the state Gemstone?

a)

Diamond

b)

Amethyst

c)

Sapphire

d)

Ruby

37.

What is the state shell?

a)

Lettered Olive

b)

Snail shell

c)

Sedimentary

d)

moonshell

38.

What is the state fruit?

a)

apple

b)

banana

c)

peach

d)

strawberry

39.

What is the state botanical garden?

a)

Magnolia Gardens at Mount Pleasent

b)

The Horse shoe at University of South Carolina

c)

SC Natural Garden at Columbia

d)

SC Botanical Garden at Clemson University

40.

What two symbols are represented on the SC Flag

a)

Palmetto Tree and Crescent Moon

b)

Palmetto Tree and Full Moon

c)

Stars and stripes

41.

In what region was, in ancient times, the seacoast located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

42.

What region makes up almost 2/3 of the state?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

43.

In what region is the port of Charleston located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

44.

What region is mountainous?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

45.

What region was once a productive farming area, but poor farming practices led to the erosion of the topsoil?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

46.

What region has many hardwood forests?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

47.

In what region were the rice and indigo plantations located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

48.

In what region are the barrier Islands located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

49.

In what region are the Carolina bays located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

50.

What region surrounds the fall line?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

51.

What region makes up nearly 1/3 of the state?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

52.

In what region would you find the Grand Strand?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

53.

What region has rapidly flowing creeks and rivers that provided energy for the early textile mills?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

54.

In what region is Sassafras Mountain located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

55.

What region has flat land and swamps in it?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

56.

What region depends heavily on the tourism industry?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

57.

What region is the smallest?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Coastal Plain (Inner & Outer)

c)

Sandhills

d)

Piedmont

e)

Blue Ridge

58.

What is South Carolina's nickname?

a)

The Peach State

b)

The Mosquito State

c)

The Palmetto State

d)

The Watermellon State

e)

The Pine State

59.

In what landform region is Goose Creek located?

a)

Coastal Zone

b)

Outer Coastal Plain

c)

Inner Coastal Plain

d)

Sandhills

e)

Piedmont

60.

What borders South Carolina to the north?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

61.

Which is not a river in SC?

a)

Rio Grande

b)

Congaree

c)

Catawba

d)

Peedee

62.

Which is not a major city in SC?

a)

Cedar Rapids

b)

Greenville

c)

Columbia

d)

Charleston

63.

Cape Fear, North Carolina is South of Columbia, South Carolina.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

Which South Carolina geographic area takes up the smallest amount of the land in South Carolina?

a)

Blue Ridge

b)

Piedmont

c)

Sandhills

d)

Coastal Zone

65.
What SC region did the Cherokee live in? 
a)
Blue Ridge
b)
Piedmont
c)
Blue Ridge and Piedmont 
d)
Piedmont and Sandhills 
66.
What SC region did the Catawba live in? 
a)
Blue Ridge
b)
Piedmont
c)
Coastal Zone 
67.
What SC region did the Yemassee live in? 
a)
Blue Ridge 
b)
Piedmont 
c)
Coastal Zone 
d)
Blue Ridge and Piedmont
68.
What was the fence that was built to surround the village called? 
a)
palisade
b)
fence
c)
moat
d)
trench
69.
Which tribe still lives near us in Rock Hill, SC? 
a)
Cherokee
b)
Yemassee
c)
Catawba
70.
1. First successful English settlement in the New World, 
2. 1607. Set up as a joint-stock company
3. Virginia House of Burgesses
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Pilgrim
d)
Massachusetts
71.
Colonial region that focused on shipping and manufacturing
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
72.
Colonial region 
1. focused on cash crops like cotton and tobacco
2. slavery became much more important in the southern colonies than any other colonial region.
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
73.
Colonial region focused on food crops such as wheat
a)
New England Colonies (New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
b)
Middle Colonies (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland)
c)
Southern Colonies (Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
74.
The Middle Passage refers to 
a)
The ocean crossing of the slaves
b)
The route taken to reach New York 
c)
A step in climbing the social ladder
d)
A system of trade between the colonies 
75.

Which statement describes the Gullah language?

a)

It was the language spoken by the slaves when they lived in Africa.

b)

It was the language spoken by Native American tribes in SC.

c)

It was a mixture of many different languages brought to America by African slaves.

d)

It was a combination of English and Spanish and was spoken by plantation owners.

76.

Why were so many slaves brought to South Carolina?

a)

to work in the Backcountry's timber industry

b)

to work in the Backcountry building roads

c)

to work in the Lowcountry's plantation system

d)

to work in the shipping industry

77.

In which SC city would a slave auction most likely have occured?

a)

Beaufort

b)

Charleston

c)

Columbia

d)

Greenville

78.

A cash crop is

a)

a large farm

b)

a plant used to make dye

c)

a crop that people grow to sell

d)

a tall ship used to sail the high seas.

79.

Which one of the following tasks would NOT be apart life as a slave?

a)

cleaning their owners house

b)

cooking meals for the owner and their family

c)

working in the fields

d)

going to school with the owners children

80.
_______________ was the reason that the 1740 Slave Code was created.  
a)
Stono Rebellion
b)
Regulator Movement
c)
Salutary Neglect
d)
Gullah Language

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