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CCS Social Studies Midterm Study

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What Native American tribe called themselves the "Real People"

a)

Cherokee

b)

Catawba

c)

Yemasee

d)

Mohawks

2.

What region of S.C. did the Cherokee live in?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Coastal Plain

c)

Sandhills

d)

Blue Ridge + Foothills

3.

Which tribe called themselves the River People

a)

Yemasee

b)

Catawba

c)

Cherokee

d)

Indian

4.

Where did the Catawba tribe live?

a)

Rivers in the Blue Ridge

b)

Rivers in the Piedmont

c)

Sand hills

d)

Rivers in the Coastal plain

5.

What language group were the Cherokee?

a)

Simbain

b)

Iraquouian

c)

Leifuecho

d)

Muskogean

6.

What was the Catawba tribe known for?

a)

They were very peaceful

b)

Pottery

c)

Warriors

d)

Farming

7.

Which tribes used wattle and daub houses at times? (two answers)

a)

Chickasaw

b)

Cherokee

c)

Yemassee

d)

Catawba

8.

Where did the Yemassee tribe come from

a)

Florida

b)

Puerto Rico

c)

India

d)

Virginia

9.

What was the fate of San Miguel de Guadalpe?

a)

The people ran out of food and attempted to raid the Indigenous people to steal food. It did not work...

b)

It was abandoned due to a lack of resources and men dying.

c)

The Spanish government decided that it was too expensive so they abandoned it.

d)

A group left to get supplies but didn't return. The remaining people went hungry and resorted to cannibalism.

10.

What country founded San Miguel de Guadalpe

a)

England

b)

France

c)

Spain

d)

Portugal

11.

What country founded Charlesfort

a)

Portugal

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France

12.

Who founded Charlesfort

a)

Jean Ribaul

b)

Jean Ribault

c)

John Ribon

d)

Benjamin Koster

13.

What country founded Fort San Felipe

a)

England

b)

Portugal

c)

Netherlands

d)

Spain

14.

How did the Spanish build Fort San Marcos

a)

The built it out of materials found on Parris Island

b)

They used architecture inspired by the Indigenous tribes

c)

They used prefabricated sections

d)

They built a replica of the fort at St. Augustine

15.

Which group of colonies was known as the breadbasket of the colonies

a)

The New England colonies

b)

The middle colonies

c)

The Southern Colonies

d)

The Henry Allen colonies

16.

Which colony was not one of the original 13 colonies?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Vermont

d)

New York

17.

How many people were killed in the Boston massacre?

(a)  

18.

In what year was the Declaration of Independence signed?

(a)  

19.

Which three people were mostly responsible for writing the Declaration of Independence?

a)

Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Samuel Adams

c)

John Locke, Thomas Jefferson, Ethan Allen

d)

Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams

20.

What was the first English settlement in North America

a)

Jamestown

b)

Charles Towne

c)

Roanoke

d)

Philidelphia

21.

What did the Proprietors use to attract more settlers?

a)

force

b)

headright system

c)

a monetary reward for immigrating

d)

free housing

22.

Whose ideas inspired the declaration of Independence?

(a)  

23.

Once the French and Indian War moved into Europe, it was as the (blank) Years War.

(a)  

24.

Which were SC's main cash crops?

a)

rice + indigo

b)

indigo + cotton

c)

cotton + rice

d)

Benjamin Koster