DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK SIX Name _________________ Date __________ 1. Mountains lie in part of which three South Carolina 1. _____________________ counties? _____________________ _____________________ 2. South Carolina’s mountains are known by what 2. _____________________ collective name? 3. The Blue Ridge Mountains are part of which chain 3. _____________________ of mountains that extends from Maine to Georgia? 4. What process is wearing away the Blue Ridge 4. _____________________ Mountains? 5. Where is the highest point in South Carolina? 5. _____________________ 6. At what point do South Carolina, North Carolina, 6. _____________________ and Georgia meet? 7. Which South Carolina mountain lake has more than 7. _____________________ twenty waterfalls flowing into it? 8. Many trees in the Blue Ridge region are deciduous. 8. _____________________ What is the primary characteristic of deciduous trees? 9. What incomplete railroad tunnel, near the mountain 9. _____________________ town of Walhalla, was once used to age Clemson Blue Cheese? 10. The region’s temperate weather, with cool nights and sunny days, aids in growing which kind of fruit? 10. _____________________ DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK SEVEN Name _________________ Date __________ 1. What geographical term means “at the foot of the 1. _____________________ mountains”? 2. Describe the Piedmont Region of South Carolina. 2. _____________________ 3. What is the geographical term for a large, low area 3. _____________________ of land between areas of high land? 4. Describe the soil in the Piedmont of South Carolina. 4. _____________________ 5. Native Americans in the Piedmont linked camps and 5. _____________________ resources and also traded along what route? 6. What important Piedmont Revolutionary War battle 6. _____________________ site is actually a hill that is part of a ridge of hills? 7. In the late 1800s, many cotton mills were 7. ______________________ established in the Piedmont because of the availability of what resource? 8. What South Carolina State Park is home to the 8. ______________________ remains of a canal system and the largest known stand of rocky shoal spider lilies? 9. Many of the Piedmont’s most famous landmarks can 9. _____________________ be found along what scenic highway? 10. Name two Piedmont climate features that draw 10. ____________________ industry and retirees to the area. ____________________ DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK EIGHT Name _________________ Date __________ 1. What is the name of South Carolina’s geographic 1. _____________________ region with rolling hills of sandy soil? 2. What is the source of the sandy soil in this region? 2. _____________________ 3. What is the name of the belt of land where the high 3. _____________________ land of the Piedmont drops to the low land of the Coastal Plain? 4. How do South Carolina’s rivers change when they 4. _____________________ reach the fall line? 5. Describe the land north and west of the fall line. 5. _____________________ 6. Describe the land south and east of the fall line. 6. ____________________ 7. What type tree grows well in sandy soil and is an 7. ______________________ important crop in South Carolina? (Hint: The tallest in the state is located in Congaree National Park.) 8. Climate and soil help farmers successfully grow our 8. _____________________ state fruit. What is South Carolina’s state fruit? 9. Which large lake west of Columbia was formed by 9. _____________________ what was once the largest earthen dam in the world? 10. Large deposits of sand in the Sand Hills are mined 10. ____________________ for what compound used to make glass and ceramics? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK NINE Name _________________ Date __________ 1. What is a plain? 1. _____________________ 2. What is South Carolina’s largest geographical 2. _____________________ region? (Hint: Made up of two South Carolina landform regions.) 3. What two plains make up the Coastal Plain of South 3. _____________________ Carolina? _____________________ 4. What is the climate like in the Coastal Plain of 4. _____________________ South Carolina? 5. What type of land can be found in the Inner Coastal 5. _____________________ Plain? 6. Name two physical features of the Inner Coastal 6. _____________________ Plain. _____________________ 7. What type of land can be found in the Outer Coastal 7. _____________________ Plain? 8. Name two physical features of the Outer Coastal 8. _____________________ Plain. _____________________ 9. What is the geographical term for large, oval areas 9. _____________________ found in South Carolina’s Coastal Plan? 10. Fishermen come from around the world to fish in 10. ____________________ what Coastal Plain recreation area? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK TEN Name _________________ Date __________ 1. Which South Carolina landform region borders the 1. _____________________ Atlantic Ocean? 2. What three areas make up the Coastal Zone? 2. _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ 3. Which geographical term describes a stretch of land 3. _____________________ bordered by an ocean? 4. Which geographical term describes a stretch of sand 4. _____________________ bordered by an ocean? _____________________ 5. What is the name of high piles of sand on the beach? 5. _____________________ 6. State law protects which plant that grows on the 6. _____________________ beaches of South Carolina? Why? _____________________ 7. What is the geographical term for land with water on 7. ______________________ all sides? 8. What is the geographical term for an island that 8. _____________________ protects the coast from ocean winds and surf? 9. What category 4 hurricane hit the coast of South 9. _____________________ Carolina in 1989? 10. What is the number one industry in South Carolina, 10. ____________________ primarily due to the natural beauty and climate of the Coastal Zone? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK ELEVEN Name _________________ Date __________ 1. What is a monadnock? 1. _____________________ 2. Give an example of a South Carolina monadnock. 2. _____________________ 3. What large granitic rock nature preserve is found in 3. _____________________ Lancaster County? 4. Located in Lexington County, South Carolina, what 4. _____________________ is the largest sandstone outcrop in the state? 5. What are low areas covered by water all or part of 5. _____________________ the time? 6. What are the two types of wetlands? 6. _____________________ _____________________ 7. What are grasslands covered with water? 7. ______________________ 8. What kind of wetland is like a marsh, but has trees 8. _____________________ in it? 9. Where is the largest remnant of old-growth 9. _____________________ floodplain forest remaining on the continent of North America? 10. Which South Carolina island is the second largest 10. ____________________ sea island in the United States? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK TWELVE Name _________________ Date __________ 1. What is a large natural stream of water flowing to 1. _____________________ the sea, a lake or another stream? 2. What is a network of rivers and the smaller streams 2. _____________________ that run into them? 3. Name two of the river systems located in South 3. _____________________ Carolina. _____________________ 4. Name two other river systems located in South 4. _____________________ Carolina. _____________________ 5. Which two rivers meet in Columbia to form the 5. _____________________ Congaree River? _____________________ 6. Which two rivers border the Charleston peninsula? 6. _____________________ _____________________ 7. Which river forms the border between South 7. ______________________ Carolina and Georgia? 8. What large South Carolina estuary provides diverse 8. _____________________ habitats and recreational opportunities? 9. Which South Carolina river was featured in a movie 9. _____________________ and is a popular with whitewater rafters? 10. Which South Carolina river is the longest 10. ____________________ blackwater river in the world? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK THIRTEEN Name _________________ Date __________ 1. Which South Carolina city was one of the first 1. _____________________ planned cities in the United States and is the largest city in South Carolina? 2. Which South Carolina city established the first tree 2. _____________________ ordinance in the United States? 3. Which South Carolina city houses the largest 3. _____________________ collection of religious art in the western hemisphere? 4. Which South Carolina city was the site of the 4. _____________________ McCrory’s sit-in, an important event in the Civil Rights Movement? 5. A powerful and damaging earthquake struck which 5. _____________________ South Carolina city in 1996? 6. Swans and irises draw visitors to which South 6. ______________________ Carolina city? 7. Which South Carolina town earned the nickname the 7. ______________________ “Lowell” of the South”? Why? ______________________ 8. Located near the site of the Hamburg Railroad, 8. ______________________ which South Carolina town became known as a ______________________ winter colony for wealthy northerners”? Why? 9. Which South Carolina town, formally a hub for 9. ______________________ tobacco, cotton and timber, is now a major medical center for the Pee Dee? 10. With the arrival of Boeing Aircraft, which South 10. _____________________ Carolina city is now one of four cities in the world manufacturing wide bodied commercial aircraft? DAILY GEOGRAPHY WEEK FOURTEEN Name _________________ Date __________ 1. South Carolina lies in which climate zone? 1. _____________________