Symbolically Speaking

South Carolina has many symbols.  The most familiar are the Palmetto Tree, the Carolina Wren, the State Flag and the Carolina Jasmine.

The state has other symbols that may surprise you.  To find the other symbols and interesting facts, click  here to find a link to information on South Carolina's symbols.
This activity will help you learn some neat stuff about your state. Your mission is to answer the "State Trivia" questions.

After you have completed answering the questions, prepare a map that shows the locations of the landmarks or places in this questionnaire. You may use a South Carolina map that you find on the Internet, develop a map from examples in your text book, obtain a print out of a map of South Carolina from and electronic encyclopedia program, or use one that your teacher has provided. Use colored pencils to color your map and to label the place names which are the answers to the trivia questions.
 

1. What is the largest county by area?
 

2. What is the smallest county by area?
 

3. Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired?
 

4. Who designed the state flag ?
 

5. Why did he use the palmetto tree and the crescent moon?
 

6.  What is the oldest college in the state of South Carolina ?
 

7. Where is this college located?
 

8.  How many public and private golf courses are in South Carolina?
 

9.  Where was the first American library building built?
 

10.  Where was the first public museum in the U. S. built?
 

11.  What was it called?
 

12.  Where is the nation's only commercial tea farm located?
 

13 . Where was the oldest brickworks plant in America founded?
 

14. Where did President Woodrow Wilson live as a boy?
 

15. Fort Jackson is the largest military training base in the nation.  Where is it located?
 

16. Which South Carolina river is the longest black water river in the world?
 

17. What is South Carolina's population ?
 

18. What are the three largest counties by population in the state of South Carolina? List them in order from least to greatest and figure out what fractional part of the state's population they each represent. Write your fractions as decimals and percents.
 

19. Name two minerals that are mined in the state of South Carolina .
 
 

20. What are the 3 top agricultural products in South Carolina?
 
 

Use the following links and any others that you can locate via a web search to find the answers to the trivia questions above. Remember that the South Carolina Information Highway is a great resource. Don't forget the South Carolina State Government Home Page.
 

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