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65 Cards in this Set
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What is the nickname of South Carolina?
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The Palmetto State
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What are the two broad regions of South Carolina?
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Rolling piedmont and Appalachian highlands
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What hurricane tore through Charleston, South Carolina in 1989?
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Hurricane Hugo
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What was the first successful settlement in South Carolina by the English?
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Charles Towne
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Between which 2 rivers is Charleston, South Carolina located?
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Ashley and Cooper Rivers
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What year did South Carolina become a state? Which number were they?
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May 23, 1788. 8th state.
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Where was the original capital of South Carolina?
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Charleston
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What year did the capital of South Carolina move to Columbia?
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1790
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What year did the Confederates attack Fort Sumter?
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1861
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What crop became the largest export crop out of South Carolina?
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Rice
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What trees were used to build Revolutionary War forts in South Carolina?
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Palmetto trees
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The Southeastern 2/3 of South Carolina is referred to as?
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Low Country
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The Northwestern 1/3 of South Carolina is referred to as?
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Up Country
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What creature damaged the cotton crop in South Carolina in the 1920s?
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Boll weevil
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How many pillars of Kershaw granite quarried from South Carolina stand at the National World War II memorial in Washington D.C.?
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56
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Why are there 56 pillars at the National World War II memorial?
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They represent the number of states and territories including Washington DC that were part of the U.S. during WWII
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Where were the pillars of the National World War II memorial quarried from?
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Lancaster County, South Carolina
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Why was the Kershaw granite selected for the National World War II memorial?
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The architect thought they "shone like a diamond"
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When was the cotton gin invented?
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1793
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Which group in South Carolina led the drive to withdraw from the Union in 1860?
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Low country plantation owners
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What percent of the South Carolina population was African American at the beginning of the Civil War?
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60%
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When and where was the first shot fired in the Civil War?
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April 12, 1861. Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
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What two problems caused agriculture to drop in South Carolina in the 1920s?
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The boll weevil and soil erosion
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What is the leading crop in South Carolina based on acreage?
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Soybeans
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What fruit do South Carolina and Georgia compete to produce the most of?
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Peaches
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What 2 cities in South Carolina does the textile belt run between?
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Greenville and Spartanburg
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What 2 types of pine support the pulp and paper industry in South Carolina?
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Longleaf and loblolly
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What 2 seaside resorts in South Carolina are most popular with tourists?
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Myrtle Beach and Hilton Head
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What city in South Carolina displays the lives of the state's early "rich and famous?"
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Charleston
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What museum in Charleston, South Carolina shows the awful conditions of the slave trade?
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The Old Slave Mart Museum
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What is the capital of South Carolina? Population?
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Columbia. 117,394.
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What is the total area of South Carolina?
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32,020 sq. mi.
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What is the total land area of South Carolina?
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30,110 sq. mi.
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What is the population density of South Carolina?
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138 people/sq. mi.
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What is the population of South Carolina?
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4,147,152
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What percentage of South Carolina's population is African American?
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29.5%
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What percentage of South Carolina's population is Native American?
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0.3%
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What is the state bird of South Carolina?
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Carolina Wren
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What is the state flower of South Carolina?
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Yellow Jessamine
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What geological formation are the remains of beaches from an ancient sea along the western edge of the coastal plain in South Carolina?
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Sandhills
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What island off the coast of Charleston is known as the "Ellis Island of Slavery?"
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Sullivans Island
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How many enslaved people from West Africa first arrived on Sullivan's Island?
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More than 200,000
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What mineral did South Carolina draw attention to from the 1920s through the 1940s?
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Iodine
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What was the nickname of Francis Marion?
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The Swamp Fox
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What state did Francis Marion stage raids against the British during the Revolutionary War?
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South Carolina
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Where and when was the first French settlement in South Carolina?
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Parris Island. 1562.
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What are the 6 largest agricultural products from South Carolina?
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Chickens, tobacco, nursery stock, beef cattle, cotton, dairy products
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What are the 6 largest industries in South Carolina?
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Service industries, tourism, chemicals, textiles, machinery, forest products
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What states border South Carolina?
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Georgia, North Carolina
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What crop did slaves teach their masters to grow in South Carolina?
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Rice
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What are the major interstates in South Carolina?
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I-26, I-85, I-385, I-77, I-20, I-95, I-526
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What interstate would you take to get from Columbia to Charleston?
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I-26
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What 2 interstates connect South Carolina to both North Carolina and Georgia?
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I-85 and I-95
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What 3 interstates intersect in Columbia, South Carolina?
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I-77, I-26, I-20
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What interstate would you take to get from Spartanburg to Greenvile, South Carolina?
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I-85
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Name the indian reservation in South Carolina.
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Catawba Indian Reservation
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What is the highest point in South Carolina? Elevation?
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Sassafras Mountain. 3560 feet.
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Name the 2 National Forests in South Carolina.
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Sumter and Francis Marion
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Name the 6 National Wildlife Refuges in South Carolina.
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Carolina Sandhills, Ace Basin, Cape Romain, Santee, Savannah and Pinckney Island
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What river comes into Columbia from the north?
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Broad River
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What river forms most of the border between South Carolina and Georgia?
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Savannah River
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What is the closest lake to Columbia, South Carolina?
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Lake Murray
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Name the national battleground in South Carolina?
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Cowpens
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What 2 rives feed into the Edisto River?
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North Fork Edisto and South Fork Edisto
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Name the 8 lakes in South Carolina.
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Wylie Lake, Lake Keowee, Hartwell Lake, Lake Murray, Wateree Lake, Richard B. Russell Lake, Lake Marion, Lake Moultrie
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