Charleston, South Carolina

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/charleston-south-carolina

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Charleston, South Carolina?150,227 (city proper, 2020 census); 870,000 (metropolitan area, estimated)
2. How big is Charleston, South Carolina?Approximately 127 square miles (city proper)
3. When was Charleston, South Carolina built?1670
4. What language do people speak in Charleston, South Carolina?English
5. Where is Charleston located?Charleston sits on a peninsula between the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando Rivers, and its harbor opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean.
6. Why are Charleston’s houses so famous?The city keeps many old colonial and antebellum buildings, like Rainbow Row and The Battery, which let visitors see its historic past.

Antebellum: Referring to the period in the Southern United States before the Civil War (1861-1865).
Confluence: The junction where two or more rivers meet.
Gullah Geechee: A distinct African American culture and language developed by descendants of enslaved West Africans in the Lowcountry region.