Two Worlds Meet Ch.1 Test
- 500 square miles of mountains and valleys - Includes Greenville, Pickens, and Oconee County - Sassafrass Mountain- The highest part is found in Pickens!
Describe Blue Ridge
This is the largest land form reigon and it is divided into two sections.
Describe the Costal Plain.
- 185 miles long and goes 10 miles inland - 3 sections of the Costal Zone: Grand Strand, Delta, and Barrier Islands
Describe the Costal Zone.
- one of the oldest and the largest forests in the East - Includes the Carolina Bay (4-5 acres in size)
Describe the Inner Costal Plain.
-Rivers here rise and fall the tide. - Very swampy land
Describe the Outer Costal Plain.
-Makes up 1/3 of the state -Creeks and rivers provided the water power for the textile industry that grew up after the Civil War
Describe the Piedmont.
- Runs from the Red Hills to the south and from the sand hills to the north - Until 1940s this is where all the poor farmers lived - had horrible diseases - ate the clay or the sand - outsiders called them "clay eaters" or the "sand lappers"
Describes the Sandhill Reigon.
protestant in France
What are Huguenots?
Costal Zone, Costal Plain, Sandhills, Piedmont, and Blue Ridge
What are the five main regions of SC?
1. Savannah River 2. Santee River 3. Pee Dee River
What are the three major rivers?
Catawba, Cherokee, and Yamassee
What are the three tribes of SC?
Inner Costal and Outer Costal
What are the two parts of the Costal Plain?
They set up large plantations and enslaved the native people to produce wealth for their Spanish masters
What did they do when they didn't find any gold?
Santee River
What is the largest river?
African slaves
What kind of slaves did the Spanish bring in to work in the plantations and mines?
Relied on slaves and their cash cops were tobacco, rice, and indigo
What was economy like in the Southern Colonies?
provided food for the slaves in the South and the Carribean, believed in Pacifism, Port cities were very important, and varied population
What was the Society like in the Middle Colonies?
To make $, become a refuge for the Catholic, and a place for the poor of England.
What was the Southern colonies main reason for colonizing?
Rich soil and hot, humid climate
What was the climate and soil like in the Southern Colonies?
Shipbuilding, fishing, and textiles
What was the economy in the New England Colonies?
farming, industry, and trade
What was the economy like in the Middle Colonies?
Lived longer than the other colonists and diseases didn't spread
What was the health like in the New England Colonies?
many people died from Malaria, starvation, and other diseases
What was the health like in the Southern Colonies?
refuge for the Quakers
What was the main reason for colonizing in the Middle Colonies?
for religious freedom
What was the main reason for colonizing in the New England Colonies?
had subsitence farming , Boston port was the most active, life was centered around town and town meetings, had schools and valued education
What was the society like in the New England Colonies?
they had slaves; they spread out with few cities and there were mainly single young men, indentured servants, and slaves
What was the society like in the Southern Colonies?
fertile farmland and long growing seasons
What was the soil and climate like in the Middle Colonies?
The climate was healthier and the was thin and rocky
What was the soil and climate like in the New England Colonies?
1. People are saved by faith 2. Bible is final authority 3. not just priest can pray for one another
What were Martin Luther's teachings?
no known issues
What were some of the health issues in the Middle Colonies?
gold
What were the Spanish looking for in the New World?
people the who broke away from the Church of England
Who are the Quakers?
anyone who left the Catholic Church
Who are the protestants?
an English army officer, who established Georgia
Who is James Oglethorpe?
started Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn?
founded Maryland in 1634
Who is the Calvert Family?
a few English families heading to Jamestown on the Mayflower
Who were the Pilgrims?
people who believed the could change, or purify, the church from within
Who were the Puritans?