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Native Americans
Exploration Slavery GullahExplorers
Category 1$10 Question
Charlesfort was established by the French for religious freedom. Which explorer helped to build Charlesfort
near Port Royal?
Category 1$10 Answer
Jean Ribault
Category 1$20 Question
Which explorer was responsible for helping
English settlers and Native Americans trade and get along with each other?
Category 1$20 Answer
Henry Woodward
Category 1$30 Question
Which explorer explored the area around Port Royal
and a famous summer vacation area was named
after him?
Category 1$30 Answer
William Hilton
Category 1$40 Question
Which Spanish Explorer came to America looking for riches and helped to
build forts in the mountains of North Carolina?
Category 1$40 Answer
Juan Pardo
Category 1$50 Question
What does the phrase, “For King and country” mean?
Category 1$50 Answer
Explorers claimed land and treasures to make their country and king richer.
Category 2$10 Question
What was the cause of the Yemassee War?
Category 2$10 Answer
The white settlers took land from the Yemassee.
Category 2$20 Question
What led to the start of the Cherokee War?
Category 2$20 Answer
The Cherokee attacked settlers for holding their peacekeepers prisoners.
Category 2$30 Question
What group of Native Americans lived on the same
land where the colonists started the communities of Beaufort and St. Helena?
Category 2$30 Answer
Yemassee
Category 2$40 Question
Which was NOT a way that Native Americans helped the colonists settle
in SC?A. They acted as guides to help them navigate the land.B. They taught them which crops grew well in the soil.
C. They traded deerskins for guns and ammunition.D. They provided a school for white settlers’ children.
Category 2$40 Answer
They provided a school for the white settlers’ children.
Category 2$50 Question
Who helped the white settlers fight the Cherokee
war?
Category 2$50 Answer
Soldiers from England
Category 3$10 Question
Which is NOT a reason that Europeans wanted to explore and settle in South
Carolina?A. They wanted to find gold and riches.
B. They wanted adventure.C. They wanted to build hydroelectric dams.
D. They wanted religious freedom.
Category 3$10 Answer
C. They wanted to build hydroelectric dams.
Category 3$20 Question
Why did Hernando de Soto and his men march across
Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina?
Category 3$20 Answer
They were searching for gold and other treasure.
Category 3$30 Question
Why did the Spanish, French, and English
explorers come to SC?
Category 3$30 Answer
They hoped to find land and treasures.
Category 3$40 Question
Which of the following did Hernando de Soto first discover and explore?
Category 3$40 Answer
Mississippi River
Category 3$50 Question
The English were the first group of explorers to start a permanent settlement in SC. What was the
name of the first permanent settlement in SC?
Category 3$50 Answer
Charles Town
Category 4$10 Question
From where was the concept of slavery brought
to South Carolina?
Category 4$10 Answer
Form plantations in the West Indies and Barbados
Category 4$20 Question
The slaves who worked on the plantations in SC were part of
the slave trade. Where did most of the slaves come from?
Category 4$20 Answer
West Africa
Category 4$30 Question
Why did the plantation system of SC become so successful
and help to make many of the plantation owners wealthy?
Category 4$30 Answer
Slaves were used to grow and harvest the crops.
Category 4$40 Question
What were the successful cash crops of SC during
colonial times?
Category 4$40 Answer
rice and indigo
Category 4$50 Question
What occurred when a group of enslaved Africans planned
to destroy a plantation and escape to Florida?
Category 4$50 Answer
Stono Rebellion
Category 5$10 Question
What culture and language developed because of the many slaves bringing their different
cultures and many different West African languages into South
Carolina?
Category 5$10 Answer
Gullah
Category 5$20 Question
Why did the slaves in South Carolina create the
Gullah language?
Category 5$20 Answer
They needed a way to communicate.
Category 5$30 Question
Where can you still find people who use the Gullah
language and practice many of the old traditions
of long ago?
Category 5$30 Answer
Sea Islands of SC
Category 5$40 Question
Who was the storyteller on the knowitall.org website?
Category 5$40 Answer
Aunt Pearlie-Sue
Category 5$50 Question
The Gullah women make baskets. What are they
called?
Category 5$50 Answer
Sweetgrass Baskets
