To which group did the South Carolina Native American tribes belong?
Eastern Woodlands
100
Which South Carolina tribe, who called themselves "the real people," lived in the Blue Ridge region and were a powerful nation?
Cherokee
100
What was the primary reason the Spanish explored the New World?
gold
100
How did the London Company attract more settlers to Jamestown?
by offering free land to anyone who paid their passage to Virginia
100
What was "The Middle Passage"?
a voyage across the Atlantic that took slaves from Africa to the New World
200
What change in lifestyle made it necessary for Native Americans to stay in one place?
the introduction of farming
200
Which South Carolina tribe, who called themselves the "river people" and lived in the Piedmont region, were great potters?
Catawba
200
Which colonial power, in pursuit of the Northwest Passage, claimed the central part of the North American continent by 1700?
the French
200
What was the most important motive which brought the Separatist and Puritan settlers to New England?
religious freedom
200
Where did the Gullah culture develop, and what is an example of their culture in South Carolina today?
sea islands; sweet grass baskets
300
Why did the Cherokees have very little interaction with the first European explorers and settlers who arrived in the 16th century?
Cherokees lived far away from the coastal areas.
300
How would the relationship between the Native Americans in South Carolina and the European colonists be described best?
At first Europeans depended on natives for help, but land disagreements led to conflict.
300
How could one characterize the early French settlements in North America?
They were characterized by the fur trade and friendly relationships with the native peoples.
300
In 1620, the Mayflower Compact created a basis for written laws in the New England colony of Plymouth. Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?
to establish government by the people
300
What was the purpose of the South Carolina Slave Code of 1740 enacted after the Stono Rebellion in colonial South Carolina?
to stop African slaves from rebelling against their owners
400
What items did the Europeans want to trade for with the Native Americans?
deerskins
400
A high fence with pointed stakes
palisade
400
Which were the first two countries that explored and attempted to settle what will one day be South Carolina?
Spain and France
400
What was the name of the document, sent by the Lords Proprietors, that set up the government of the Carolina colony?
The Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina
400
How did the South Carolina Slave Code of 1740 make life more difficult for South Carolina slaves?
Slaves could not meet in large groups or travel without permission.
500
Which South Carolina tribe lived in the Coastal Zone and covered their homes with palmetto leaves?
Yemassee
500
A term that describes the beliefs, traditions, music, art, and social institutions of a group of people is ____________________.
culture
500
How did ideas about government in the Fundamental Constitutions of the Carolinas differ from the ideas of government in colonial Massachusetts?
Carolinas = elitist society
Masachusetts - all church members were equal
500
Under the leadership of John Winthrop, the Puritans established a ____________, or a government based on religious authority.
theocracy
500
In what way were whites primarily affected by the Slave Code of 1740?
They were fined for excessively punishing their slaves.