3rd Grade SS PACT Practice

Into what body of water does the Savannah River flow?

A. Pacific Ocean

B. Atlantic Ocean

C. Pee Dee River

D. Gulf of Mexico

Which would you expect to find in an urban community like Columbia?

A. open prairiesB. buses and trainsC. cattleD. farmland

Which natural resource has been used for hydroelectric power in South Carolina?

A. water

B. coal

C. wood

D. oil

Where can you find the Gullah community?

A. along the Pee Dee River

B. near the city of Columbia

C. on the Sea Islands

D. near the Blue Ridge Mountains

Study the map. Which product is important to the city of Florence?

A. shrimp

B. peaches

C. paper

D. textiles

How is climate different from weather?

A. Climate is the kind of weather a place has over time.

B. Weather is the kind of climate a place has over time.

C. Weather is warmer than climate.

D. Climate is warmer than weather.

What do salt marshes and swamps have in common?A. They both can be found in the Carolina

Bays.

B. They both have many different plants growing in them.

C. They both can be found in the Congaree National Park.

D. They both are ecosystems.

Which region is the smallest?

A. Coastal Zone

B. Inner Coastal Plain

C. Sandhills

D. Blue Ridge

What natural resource was once important to business in the Blue Ridge region but is now protected?

A. water

B. trees

C. soil

D. fish

What is one difference between the Blue Ridge and Piedmont regions?

A. The Piedmont region has forests.

B. The Blue Ridge region has waterfalls.

C. The Piedmont region has rolling hills and valleys.

D. The Blue Ridge region has forests.

What did the ocean leave behind when it retreated and uncovered half of South Carolina?

A. sand dunes

B. canals

C. mountains

D. mounds of clay

Which of the following describes the Sandhills region?

A. It is a wide band of flat land.

B. It lies west of the fall line.

C. It has the best soil in the state.

D. It borders the Piedmont region.

How are the Sandhills and the Inner Coastal Plain regions similar?

A. Both regions grow wheat and soybeans.

B. Both regions have rolling hills.

C. Both regions have swamp ecosystems.

D. Both regions are home to many textile mills.

Which city in the Inner Coastal Plain region is the farthest north?

A. Sumter

B. Darlington

C. Bennettsville

D. Florence

What industry is important along South Carolina’s coast?

A. paper

B. farming

C. tourism

D. textiles

How have people changed the Outer Coastal Plain region?

A. The Cooper River was made longer.

B. Some swamps have been drained for farming.

C. Resorts were built on Edisto Beach.

D. All the tributes have been drained.

Which of the following is true about the Coastal Zone region?

A. Myrtle Beach is located there.

B. The Santee Canal is located there.

C. The city of Columbia is located there.

D. Logging is an important industry there.

Which of the following can help protect the natural environment of the Coastal Zone region?

A. measuring the air pressure

B. building wood walls to stop erosion

C. preserving barrier islands

D. putting rocks in the ocean

Which Native American group lived in the Low Country?

A. Catawba

B. Yemassee

C. Saluda

D. Cherokee

What was one task of Cherokee women?

A. gathering nuts

B. fishing in the river

C. hunting large game, such as bear

D. sit on the village councils and have a voice in whether or not the tribe goes to war

Which of the following helped the Cherokee make their canoes?

A. corn

B. fire

C. clay

D. smooth rocks

Which of the following describes the Cherokee government?

A. Only men were allowed to make decisions.

B. The chief had more power than the council.

C. Children were able to share their ideas.

D. The villages were run by councils where different leaders made decisions affecting the people.

Suppose you are among the Cherokee living in SC long ago. What daily activities would you observe?

A. One tribal leader being in charge of the nation.

B. Men and women serving on the governmental councils.

C. Cherokee people never traveling outside their village for any reason.

D. All women staying at home all the time with the children.

What part of South Carolina was named after the Catawba?

A. a marsh

B. a river

C. a forest

D. sand dunes

The Catawba lived east of what group shown on the map?

A. Cherokee

B. Yemassee

C. Congaree

D. Pee Dee

Which of the following is a similarity between the Catawba and the Cherokee?

A. They both held meetings in council houses.

B. They spoke the same language.

C. They both settled in the mountains.

D. They both lived in round houses made of bark.

As you know, the Catawba lived in the Piedmont region. How would their way of life changed if they moved to the coast?

A. They would now fish rather than hunt and farm.

B. They would not be called the “River People” anymore.

C. They would travel rivers in dugout canoes.

D. They would be less peaceful.

Which of the following was an important part of the Yemassee diet?

A. palmetto fronds

B. tree bark

C. shellfish

D. grass

In what way were coastal Native Americans different from the Catawba?

A. They farmed their land for food.

B. They used canoes for transportation.

C. They built their houses differently in summer and winter.

D. They hunted for food.

For whom did the explorers from Spain, France and England claim land?

A. themselves

B. all the world’s people

C. their king and country

D. the Native Americans

For which country was Hernando de Soto exploring?

A. England

B. France

C. Spain

D. Italy

Which explorer named Port Royal?

A. Jean Ribault

B. Juan Pardo

C. William Hilton

D. Hernando de Soto

Which river did de Soto and his men have to cross twice?

A. Chattahoochee River

B. Saluda River

C. Savannah River

D. Flint River

How were the journeys of Juan Pardo and Hernando de Soto different?

A. The two men explored for different countries.B. Pardo encountered Native Americans and de

Soto did not.C. De Soto did not establish a permanent

settlement in SC and Juan Padro did, naming it Santz Elena.

D. One man was an explorer and the other was not.

Which of the following was true about the settlement of Charles Town?

A. It was not successful.

B. It was built in a marsh.

C. Lord Anthony Ashley Cooper lived there.

D. It was located at Albemarle Point.

In Charles Town , which crops were grown with slave labor to make SC one of the richest of the 13 English Colonies?

A. Squash and beans

B. Indigo and rice

C. Cotton and peaches

D. Tomatoes and corn

How did the Native American help the settlers?

A. The Native Americans showed the settlers how to hunt and fish.

B. The Native Americans sold the settlers sugarcane.

C. The Native Americans traded deerskins for the settlers’ tools.

D. The Native Americans showed the settlers how to build ships.

Which of the following describes plantations in the Carolina colony?

A. The owners paid African immigrants to work on them.

B. They grew cash crops.

C. They were small and did not need many workers.

D. Plantation owners made little money from them.

What was one effect of slavery in the Carolina colony?

A. The economy got worse.

B. Enslaved people decided to return to Africa.

C. Enslaved people were able to become plantation owners.

D. Enslaved people revolted in the Stono Rebellion.

Where was the second stop for enslaved Africans leaving Africa?

A. Africa B. the West Indies

C. the English Colonies D. Europe

Which is true about the descendents of slaves in the Carolina colony?

A. None of the live in South Carolina today.

B. They all have forgotten how to speak Gullah.

C. They keep their West African traditions alive.

D. All their music has disappeared.

“Enslave West Africans were sold to plantation owners in the West Indies and colonies. The first slaves were brought to SC in 1670. Fifty years later some enslaved Africans rebelled.” This describes which of the following?

A. Yemasee War B. Bardabos

C. Stono Rebellion D. Gullah culture

What original colony contained the three colonies shown in the map?

A. Alabama

B. Georgia

C. Carolina

D. Florida

What caused more enslaved people to be brought to South Carolina?

A. Workers were needed for the increasing number of rice plantations.

B. The government wanted a larger population.

C. People were moving away from the colony.

D. The economy was getting worse.

How did colonists in South Carolina react to the Stamp Act?

A. They sent representatives to the British parliament.

B. They paid little attention to it.

C. They started riots in the streets.

D. They refused to buy newspapers.

Which of the following is true about South Carolina’s first constitution?

A. It was a permanent constitution.

B. It established representative government.

C. It was the only constitution of the 13 colonies to be written.

D. It declared SC an independent state.

What did the South Carolina colony have in common with the Massachusetts colony?

A. They both dumped tea into the ocean.B. They both were angry at the Intolerable

Acts.C. They both had their main port closed by the

British.D. They both held tea in warehouses for years.

Which of the following is true about the Declaration of Independence?

A. It was written mostly by Benjamin Franklin.

B. It was a peace agreement.

C. It was approved in July 1775.

D. Four South Carolina representatives signed it.

How many more battles did Francis Marion command than Thomas Sumter?A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

How did South Carolinians help the American colonists win the war?

A. South Carolinians decided to be patriots and fight against the British.

B. Charles Town was all loyalist until the end of the American Revolution.

C. South Carolina had slaves used to win battles.

D. South Carolinians had the best leaders.

Which one is true of Thomas Jefferson?

A. was the “Swamp Fox”

B. was the “Gamecock”

C. wrote the Declaration of Independence

D. wrote the “Wizard of Oz”

Which one is true of Francis Marion?

A. known as “Swamp Fox”

B. led announced attacks on the British

C. fought in the mountains

D. was a partisan fighter

Which one is true of Andrew Pickens?

A. was a businessman

B. led his men to victory at Battle of Cowpens

C. heard “Wizard of Cowpens”

D. British helped him build a barn

Which one is true of Thomas Sumter?

A. nicknamed “The Tiger”

B. famous for hit and run fighting tactics

C. British helped him construct his home

D. led announced attacks on the British

What was one effect of the American Revolution in SC?

A. People no longer wanted to settle in SC.

B. Houses were destroyed, but mills were not.

C. Many plantations were burned.

D. Many people wished they had stayed a British colony.

What city was created to become the SC capital in 1786?

A. Orangeburg

B. Charleston

C. Camden

D. Columbia

Which statement is true about the U.S. Constitution?

A. South Carolina representatives were completely happy with it.

B. It gave more power to the states than the national government.

C. Aedanus Burke helped write it.

D. SC back country farmers did not like it because they feared the power of the elite.

Which of the following describes SC before the war?

A. There were more than five large cities in the state.

B. The population of enslaved people was decreasing.

C. Farms and small towns were spreading into the Midlands and Up Country.

D. Independent farmers made up the poorest economic group.

Which of the following did small plantation owners and large plantation owners have in common?

A. They both made the same amount of money.

B. They both had enslaved people working on their land.

C. They both lived in cabins on the plantation.

D. They both employed overseers to manage their workers.

Who might you find living here?A. an overseerB. a yeoman farmerC. a planterD. a trader

Which of the following is true about SC cities at this time? (pre-Civil War)

A. Many different classes lived in the cities.

B. Slavery was illegal in the cities.

C. Rich traders only lived in Midland cities.

D. Columbia was the largest port city at the time.

Which of the following is an effect of the cotton gin?

A. Fewer enslaved people were needed in the fields.

B. Cleaning cotton became slower and harder.

C. The number of cotton plantations decreased in the Midlands.

D. Cotton became an important crop in SC.

Which of the following is true about enslaved people in SC?

A. They worked mostly as carpenters and blacksmiths.

B. They worked only during the day.

C. They helped the economy grow.

D. They were well fed.

Why were the routes enslaved people used to escape called the Underground Railroad?

A. People traveled mostly by train.

B. People traveled through tunnels.

C. The routes were secret.

D. The routes ran along railroad tracks.

To which of the following states would enslaved people most likely go to escape slavery?

A. Florida

B. New York

C. Arkansas

D. Virginia

Before the Civil War, how did Southern leaders feel about slavery?

A. They thought it was good for the economy, but not necessary.

B. They felt that it was an important part of the life they knew.

C. They were planning on ending it to avoid war with the North.

D. They did not care if slavery was allowed in the new states.

What happened when Lincoln was elected president?A. South Carolinians joined the Confederate

States of Australia.

B. South Carolinians held a Expansion Convention.

C. South Carolinians talked about breaking away from the British.

D. South Carolinians decided once and for all to secede.

According to the map below, how could troops approach Fort Sumter?

A. only by land

B. only by water

C. by land and by water

D. only by a river

Where did fighting first occur in the Civil War?

A. Sullivan’s Island

B. Charleston

C. Fort Sumter

D. Fort Moultrie

How did most people in SC feel about states’ rights before the Civil War?

A. SC completely supported the ideas of the Constitution.

B. The federal government could tell the states what to do.

C. States must always do as their President said.

D. States have the right to decide whether or not to obey national laws.

What were enslaved people told to do in Charleston?

A. move supplies to Fort Walker

B. build forts to protect the city

C. set up a blockade

D. sail merchant ships

Which city on Sherman’s March was farthest east?

A. Savannah

B. Camden

C. Fort Motte

D. Cheraw

Which of the following happened during the Civil War?

A. The Confederates destroyed railroad stations in Georgetown.

B. The Union blockade kept supplies from getting to the confederates.

C. The Confederates kept Union soldiers out of Columbia.

D. Union forces surrendered at Appomattox Court House.

What was a result of Sherman's March?

A. Columbia was unharmed

B. burned and looted plantations

C. available supplies were untouched

D. economy of SC was strengthened

What was one of the effects of the Civil War on South Carolina?

A. The state decided not to make citizens pay taxes.

B. Banks in Charleston gave loans to people.

C. Many planters lost the land they once owned.

D. A large number of livestock roamed the streets.

Which caused Piedmont towns to grow during this time?

A. Rice farmers became successful once again.

B. Many carpetbaggers migrated from the North.

C. Textile mills became an important industry.

D. Many people began to mine phosphate.

Which of the following would you write in the empty box?

A. More than 50 percent of voters had to pledge their loyalty.

B. Women had to be given the right to vote.

C. A few small changes had to be made to their constitution.

D. They had to end slavery.

They had to form a new government.

South Carolinians had to do several things before rejoining the Union.

Which of the following describes black codes?A. They were created by the U.S.

government.

B. They made sure all African Americans could vote.

C. They limited the rights of African Americans.

D. They improved the lives of African Americans.

What was one reason problems between African American and white citizens continued after Reconstruction?

A. Sharecroppers and tenant farmers were struggling.

B. African Americans were migrating to the North.

C. People were leaving farming to work in mills.

D. Segregation made it difficult for African Americans to work in the mills.

Which city had the most railroad lines pass through it in the early 1900s?

A. Anderson B. Columbia

C. Orangeburg D. Florence

How did Reconstruction affect the way African Americans worshipped?

A. They could not worship openly.

B. They could build their own churches.

C. They were invited to white churches.

D. They mixed African culture with Christianity.

Which belongs in the blank box?

A. Only white students could attend.

B. Both African American and white students could go there.

C. African American and white students were taught separately.

D. Richard Greener could not teach there.

Cause EffectThe schools were segregated.

Many white people did not want African American and white children to go to the same schools.

The University of SC was not a segregated school.

What is one important South Carolina folk art tradition?

A. religion

B. paper making

C. gardening

D. basket weaving

How did the government of SC discriminate against African Americans after Reconstruction?

A. by ratifying the Fifteenth AmendmentB. by passing laws separating African

Americans from white peopleC. by keeping African American farmers

from planting their cropsD. by forcing African American and white

children to go to the same school

Which describes this graph?

A. In 1920, 300,000 more bushels were produced than in 1910.

B. Three times as many bushels were produced in 1920 than in 1910.

C. Production of wheat did not increase between 1910 and 1920.

D. In 1920, 800,000 bushels of wheat were produced.

Which describes the SC economy from 1920-1929?

A. People did not buy cars or radios.

B. Everyone enjoyed boom times.

C. Farmers grew too many crops.

D. Some merchants and bankers struggled.

Which other effect was caused by the Great Depression?

A. Cotton crops were ruined by the boil weevil.

B. The United States declared war on Germany.

C. Businesses boomed and farms recovered.

D. President Roosevelt created the New Deal.

Cause Effect

Many people lost their jobs and their savings.The Great

Depression

What was one way New Deal projects helped SC farmers?

A. by paying for crops that failed or did not sell

B. by improving farming methods

C. by having the Civilian Conservation Corps plant crops to help the soil recover from years of growing cotton

D. by reducing their work hours

How did World War II affect SC?

A. Steel mills began making more steel for cars.

B. Mary McLeod Bethune became a military officer.

C. Factories opened to make weapons and jobs were created.

D. People ate a lot of sugar and red meat during the war.

What did African Americans do after WWII when they were not granted the civil rights they had hoped for.

A. They refused to pay taxes.

B. They left SC and settled in the North.

C. They obeyed laws and stayed quiet.

D. They stopped fighting for equal rights.

What did some parents in Clarendon County say about black and white schools?

A. They were separate but equal.

B. They were dirty and unhealthy.

C. They were open to all races.

D. They were separate but not equal.

Which of the following goods decreased in demand after WWII?

A. cotton

B. tobacco

C. automobiles

D. soybeans

Which of the following describes tourism in South Carolina?

A. It is not an important industry in the state.

B. Tourists only come to the Low Country.

C. It was more important during WWII than today.

D. It provides jobs in hotels and restaurants.

Which resource can be found near both Rock Hill and Florence?

A. cattle

B. minerals

C. seafood

D. poultry

Which of the following has a service job?

A. a miner

B. a poultry farmer

C. a worker at a textile factory

D. a dentist

Which of the following describes South Carolina’s economy today?

A. Many different industries make up the economy.

B. All the state’s industries are service industries.

C. The economy depends mostly on the seafood industry.

D. The economy does not depend on natural resources.

What major industry do the cities of Georgetown and Charleston have in common?

A. cotton

B. soybeans

C. seafood

D. corn

Who is the head of our nation’s executive branch of government?

A. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

B. the President of the United States

C. the Vice-President of the United States

D. the Secretary of State

How is the national government similar to South Carolina’s state government?

A. They both have a two-part Senate.

B. They both have the same three branches.

C. They both have the same number of senators.

D. They both have a governor.

In local governments, which of the following is the most similar to the legislative branch in the state government?

A. chief of the fire department

B. mayor

C. administrator

D. council

Which if the following describes responsibilities of citizens?

A. They include paying taxes and following rules.

B. They are the same for citizens of all ages.

C. They are freedoms that every citizen has.

D. They are not important once an election is over.

In which kinds of elections can eighteen-year-olds vote?

A. local and state

B. state and national

C. local and national

D. local, state and national

An action is written in the box marked “Cause”. Which of the following is an effect of this cause?

A. People do not get to take part in government.

B. Leaders are chosen who represent the people.

C. A community’s needs are not met.

D. The government pays little attention to its citizens.

People vote in elections.

Cause Effect