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100

This physical feature limited China’s expansion north into Mongolia

Gobi Desert, Himalaya Mountains, Yellow River, Taklamakan Desert

Taklamakan Desert

100

T or F: Sikhism is an Abrahamic Faith that beliefs in a caste system. 

False. It is not an Abrahamic Faith and it is more known to focus on the equality of all people.

100

T or F: The Treaty of Waitangi was a document written in English to benefit the Maori people

False. It was written in Maori and English and translated differently

100

Which empire built their capital, Tenochtitlan, on a lake in present-day Mexico? 

Aztecs

100

Who played bass drum for high school marching band and drums for a rock band? 

Ms. Ancheta

200

This belief system stressed the importance of family and respect

Confucianism

200

What is reincarnation under Hinduism?

The belief that the individual soul is reborn into different lives based on actions in their previous life.

200

What is the oldest living culture in the world.

Australian Aboriginals

200

Which civilization used an extensive road system across the Andes mountains?

Incas

200

Who is a banana slug? (college mascot)

Mr. Roth

300

What is the Tao?

The ultimate creative principle of the universe that unifies everything

300

The most important reason people develop cities near rivers is...

Use of water for farming and drinking, and protection from invasion

300

What is wayfinding? 

The Maori's system of navigating from one place to another through the observation of natural phenomena, such as the movement of the sun or stars.

300

What is the purpose of the Treaty of Tordesillas? 

To avoid conflict over newly discovered lands. 

300

Who played soccer in college? (and was really good at it)

Mr. Plier

400

What is one objective of Mao in starting the Cultural Revolution? 

1. Replace people in government to people who are more loyal to him

2. Provide China's youth with a revolutionary experience

3. Replace the 4 Olds

400

Gandhi believed in Satyagraha, or "truth-force." Describe what does Satyagraha mean. Give one example of how he used this strategy.

Satyagraha is Gandhi's strategy and value of nonviolence. He believes nonviolence works because it exposes injustice. One example is the Salt March

400
What is Terra Nullius? 

The British statement/law that land belonged to no one. They used this to justify taking Aboriginal land.

400

Choose a civilization: Aztec, Maya, Incas, or Cahokia and name two of their achievements

Cahokia: large ceremonial plazas and mounds, trade network.

Mayans: advanced writing and calendar systems, urban centers, temples, stone pyramids, math, agriculture

Incas: irrigation systems, palaces and temples, vast networks of roads w/tunnels and bridges. Quipo (recording keeping system with strings)

Aztecs: Massive pyramids and temples, Tenochtitlan city- waterways, canals, aqueducts...solar calendar. 


400

Who is a HUGE fan of Kansas Jayhawks? 

Mr. Gudgel

500

Name one characteristic of an oppressive government and give its' definition or example

Censorship: suppression of information

Indoctrination: Teaching set of beliefs w/o question

Propaganda: Biased media

Suppression of Dissent: Silencing or punishing dissent

Surveillance: monitoring people


500

What was the Partition of India? What is one major consequence of it? 

Partition of India is when British India was divided into Pakistan and India. A major consequence is mass migration and communal violence

500

Share one resistance movements (could be current or past) of either Aboriginal Australians or Maori. What were they trying to change and how? 

Past: Aboriginal: Freedom Ride, Wave Hill Walk Off, Tent Embassy. Maori:Waitangi Day Protest, Land Protests, Maori Language Petition 

More Current: Aboriginal: Voice Referendum, Reparations for Stolen Generation. Maori: Change the name, March for treaty

500

Explain enconmeinda

Encomienda was a system used by the Spanish in their American colonies. It granted Spanish colonists the right to demand labor from native populations, essentially a form of forced labor.

500

Their collective sibling (4 total) nickname is "BEAN"

Ms. Smith

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