SC HISTORY MIDTERM STUDY GUIDE. EXAM DATE: Friday, DECEMBER 11TH, 2015

1. WHAT TYPES OF SCIENTISTS STUDY THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MAN?

ANTHROPOLOGIST

2. WHAT ARE ITEMS (SUCH AS POTTERY, WEAPONS, TOOLS, JEWELRY

ARTIFACTS

3. WHICH CHARACTERISTIC DESCRIBES THE EARLIEST PEOPLES IN NORTH AMERICA?

NOMADS/ NOMADIC

4. WHICH BECAME A MORE ADVANCED WAY OF ACQUIRING FOOD FOR NATIVE AMERICANS?

FARMING

5. HOW DID THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS TO NORTH AMERICA BRING AN END TO THE PREHISTORIC ERA?

THE EUROPEANS BEGAN TO RECORD INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATIVE AMERICANS IN THEIR JOURNALS

6. WHAT WAS THE ATTITUDE OF EUROPEANS TOWARD THE AMERICAN INDIANS THAT THEY ENCOUNTERED?

THEY BELIEVED THEY WERE CRUDE AND UNCIVILIZED.

7. HOW WERE THE AMERICAN INDIANS LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SUCCESS OF EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS?

THEY TAUGHT THE EUROPEANS HOW TO GROW CERTAIN CROPS.

8. WHICH WERE THE TWO LARGEST NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBES IN SOUTH CAROLINA?

CATAWBA AND CHEROKEE

9. WHY DID THE EARLY EUROPEAN EXPLORERS COME TO AMERICA?

TO FIND SILVER AND GOLD

10. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF COLUMBUS’S VOYAGE?

TO FIND A ROUTE TO CHINA AND INDIA

11. WHICH COUNTRY BEGAN SETTLEMENTS IN CAROLINA?

SPAIN

12. WHY WAS ROANOKE ISLAND CALLED THE “LOST COLONY?”

BECAUSE NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SETTLERS

13. WHAT WAS THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH COLONY IN NORTH AMERICA?

JAMESTOWN

14. WHAT WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO AGREED TO WORK FOR A CERTAIN LENGTH OF TIME IN EXCHANGE FOR PASSAGE TO THE NEW WORLD?

INDENTURED SERVANTS

15. ACCORDING TO THE CHART, WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY REASON FOR ESTABLISHING THE ENGLISH COLONIES?

1. TO SECURE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM 2. MAKE MONEY

16. WHICH 3 COUNTRIES WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN COLONIZING THE NEW WORLD?

SPAIN, FRANCE, BRITAIN

17. WHICH GROUP OF ENGLISH COLONIES HAS THE BEST CLIMATE FOR FARMING (NE, MIDDLE OR SOUTHERN)?

SOUTHERN COLONIES

18. WHICH GROUP OF COLONIES WAS CHARACTERIZED BY RUGGED TERRAIN, ROCKY SOIL, AND HARSH WEATHER (NE, MIDDLE OR SOUTHERN)?

NEW ENGLAND

19. WHICH LORD PROPRIETOR WAS THE MOST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SETTLING OF CAROLINA?

ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER

20. WHO WAS CAROLINA NAMED IN HONOR OF?

KING CHARLES OF ENGLAND

21. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE FIRST PERMANENT ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN CAROLINA?

CHARLES TOWN

22. WHO WAS THE FIRST ENGLISH SETTLEMENT IN CAROLINA NAMED IN HONOR OF?

KING CHARLES OF ENGLAND

23. WHICH CROPS WERE THE FIRST TOW MAJOR CASH CROPS TO BE GROWN IN CAROLINA?

RICE AND INDIGO

24. WHAT WAS THE MAIN REASON THE LORDS PROPRIETORS WANTED A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO SETTLE IN CAROLINA?

TO MAKE MONEY

25. WHAT ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE CAROLINIANS CREATED A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE INDIANS?

TRADING WITH THE INDIANS FOR DEERSKINS

26. WHAT ECONOMIC POLICY OF THE CAROLINIANS CREATED POOR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE INDIANS?

CAPTURING INDIANS AS SLAVES AND CHEATING INDIANS IN DEERSKIN TRADE

27. WHICH EARLY SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN CAROLINA DEPENDED ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS?

GROWING OR CULTIVATING RICE

28. WHY WAS RICE REFERRED TO AS “CAROLINA GOLD”?

IT HELPED THE ECONOMY GROW AND THE COLONY TO PROSPER

29. WHAT WAS THE LARGEST GROUP OF IMMIGRANTS TO COME TO CAROLINA?

AFRICAN AMERICANS

30. HOW DID THE CREATION OF THE COLONY OF GEORGIA BENEFIT SOUTH CAROLINA?

IT PROVIDED A PROTECTIVE BUFFER FROM SPANISH FLORIDA.

31. WHY DID THE UP COUNTRY HAVE SO MUCH LAWLESSNESS?

THERE WERE NO COURTS TO BRING CRIMINALS TO JUSTICE.

32. WHO WERE THE PEOPLE WHO TRIED TO PROVIDE LAW AND ORDER IN THE UP COUNTRY?

REGULATORS

33. WHY WAS THE REGULATOR MOVEMENT INEFFECTIVE?

THE REGULATORS WERE NOT TRAINED AND ABUSED THE SYSTEM

34. WHY DID THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE CHEROKEE AND THE SOUTH CAROLINIANS BECOME POOR?

SOME CAROLINIANS BEGAN TO CHEAT THE CHEROKEE IN ANIMAL SKINS AND FUR TRADING

35. WHY WERE THE INDIAN PLEASED WITH THE CREATION OF THE PROCLAMATION LINE OF 1763?

THE LINE REASSURED THE INDIANS THAT WHITE SETTLERS WOULD NOT SETTLE LAND PAST THE MOUNTAINS

36. HOW WERE THE SPANIARDS (SPANISH) INDIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE STONO REBELLION?

THEY PROMISED THE SLAVES THEIR FREEDOM IF THEY REACHED ST THEY PROMISED THE SLAVES THEIR FREEDOM IF THEY REACHED ST. AUGUSTINE IN SPANISH FLORIDA

37. WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESULT OF THE STONO REBELLION IN SOUTH CAROLINA?

THE CREATION OR PASSAGE OF A SLAVE CODE

38. HOW DID THE AFTERMATH OF THE STONO REBELLION HELP MOST OF THE SLAVES?

SLAVE OWNERS WERE PENALIZED FOR BEING CRUEL OR TOO DEMANDING

39. WHY DID MOST SLAVE OWNERS NOT WANT SLAVES TO BE EDUCATED?

THEY FEARED EDUCATION WOULD LEAD TO SLAVE REVOLTS.

40. WHAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR MOST OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S GROWTH IN THE EARLY 1700S?

A LARGE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS CAME, INCLUDING SLAVES

41. WHAT WAS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE NEGRO ACT OF 1740 SLAVE CODE?

TO PROVIDE A LIST OF RESTRICTIONS FOR SLAVES

42. WHAT WAS THE OVERALL RESULT OF THE STONO REBELLION IN SOUTH CAROLINA?

MOST SLAVES HAD EVEN MORE FREEDOMS TAKEN AWAY FROM THEM

43. WHAT WAS THE LAW-MAKING BODY OF GREAT BRITAIN CALLED?

PARLIAMENT

44. WHAT RESULTED FROM PARLIAMENT’S LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE NEEDS OF THE COLONISTS?

THE BEGINNINGS OF MORE DESIRE FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT IN THE COLONIES

45. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE VALUE OF A COUNTRY’S EXPORTS IS HIGHER THAN THE VALUE OF ITS IMPORTS?

A COUNTRY MAKES A HIGHER PROFIT

46. HOW DID THE COLONIAL BOYCOTT ON BRITISH GOOD AFFECT THE MOTHER COUNTRY

GREAT BRITAIN LOST PROFITS BECAUSE ITS AMERICAN COLONIES WOULD NOT BUY ITS GOODS

47. WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE BOSTON TEA PARTY?

TO PROTEST THE TEA ACT

48. WHICH TWO FACTIONS, OR OPPOSING GROUPS, BEGAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA AS PART OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION?

PATRIOTS AND LOYALISTS

49. WHICH COUNTRY CONTROLLED THE 13 COLONIES IN AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

BRITAIN

50. WHICH COLONY WERE MORE BATTLES AND SKIRMISHES FOUGHT IN THAN ANY OTHER DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR?

SOUTH CAROLINA

51. IN WHAT COLONY DID THE FIRST FIGHTING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION OCCUR?

MASSACHUSETTS

52. WHAT IS THE EXPLANATION FOR THE PHRASE “THE SHOT HEARD ROUND THE WORLD”?

THE BEGINNING OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION LED TO THE BIRTH OF THE UNITED STATES AND CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

53. WHY WERE SO MANY BATTLES IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION FOUGHT IN SOUTH CAROLINA

BECAUSE IT WAS PART OF BRITAIN’S SECOND PLAN OF ATTACK SINCE SO MANY LOYALISTS WERE THERE

54. WHY DID THE BRITISH PLAN TO TAKE SULLIVAN’S ISLAND FAIL?

THE PALMETTO LOGS FROM WHICH THE FORT WAS MADE ABSORBED THE CANNONBALLS

55. HOW DID THE ACTIONS OF BANASTRE TALETON “INSPIRE” THE PATRIOTS?

TARLETON WAS A CRUEL LEADER WHO SLAUGHTERED MEN WITHOUT REASON.

56. WHICH BATTLES ARE CALLED THE “TURNING POINTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH”?

KINGS MOUNTAIN AND COWPENS