Pop Culture
Who won the NBA Finals in 2011?
Dallas Mavericks
100 points for every New World item that was introduced to the Old World during the Columbian Exchange
1 wrong answer denotes ALL points
Potatoes, Silver, Beans, Tobacco, Vanilla, Corn (Maize), Tomatos, Avocados, Turkeys, etc.
100 points for every trade network you can name that included Africa
Trans-Saharan Trade Network
Indian Ocean Trade Network
Atlantic Slave Trade / Columbian Exchange
Silk Road *Only if you say in Egypt*
100 points for each Enlightenment thinker you can name
John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Voltaire, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Mary Wollstonecraft
The assassination of ______________ from ________________ marked the beginning of WWI
Austria-Hungary
What is the name of the Wizarding School in Harry Potter?
Hogwartz
Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, Gryfindor
The forced removal of Native Americans from their homelands in the Southeast U.S., leading to the Trail of Tears, was a result of the ________________________________________.
100 points if you can tell me the POTUS who signed it
Indian Removal Act
President Andrew Jackson
Europeans used ___________________________ to argue that conquering Africa was part of the “survival of the fittest.” The idea that the strongest people(s) should survive.
Social Darwinism
The Medieval socioeconomic system *that had 4 classes*, where land was exchanged for loyalty and service is called __________________________.
What were the 4 classes?
*100 points each*
Feudalism
Kings, Nobles, Knights, Peasants
100 Points for ever major event from the Space Race
Sputnik, Yuri Gagari, NASA, Neil Armstrong on Moon
Which artist became the youngest solo singer to debut at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100?
Billie Eilish
The _____________________________________ was a successful slave revolt that led to the first black-led republic in the Western Hemisphere.
Haitian Revolution
Identify Three technological innovations that contributed to the colonization of Africa by European nations.
100 points each
Quinine (Malaria Medicine)
Maxim Gun
SteamshipsRailroad
Telegraph
Identify 3 reasons for the split of the Roman Catholic Church in 1054.
Filioque, Iconoclasm, Greek/Latin, Ceasaropapism
The _______________________________________ formalized the policy of containment by sending aid to _______________ and ______ who were fighting communism.
Truman Doctrine
Greece
Turkey
100 points for every trade network you can name that we have talked about in class
Silk Road, Indian Ocean Trade, Trans-Saharan Trade Network, Atlantic Slave Trade, Columbian Exchange
Identify 2 agricultural techniques used by early American societies prior to Columbus' arrival
Be sure to specify which society did what.
Terrace Farming (Inca)
Chinampas (Aztec)
The _______________ language was developed by the Swahili nation and combined early African tradition with Islamic text.
Bantu
Constantinople was the capital of the ________________
It was heavily protected by using _____________
100 points each!
Byzantine / Eastern Roman Empire
Greek Fire, Theodosian Walls, Golden Horn Chain, Sea of Marmara/ the Bosporus Strait
100 Points for every Cold War event you can name in Cuba or Berlin
Cuba: Cuban Revolution of 1959, Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis
Berlin: Berlin Blockade, Airlift, Wall
Name the top 5 players with the most assists in NBA history
Stockton
Paul
Kidd
LeBron James
Russel Westbrook
What were the causes of the Spanish-American War?
De Lome Letter
Sinking of the USS Maine
Spanish Re-concentration in Cuba
US economic interest in Cuba
The ________________________________ (1884–1885) was a meeting where European powers divided Africa among themselves without African representation. This led to mass imperialism in Africa, also known as the ____________________________. Where entreprenuers such as _________________ could create a businesses like the ________________________, taking natural resources away. They transported the resources from South Africa closer to Europe via the _______________ railroad.
Berlin Conference
Scramble For Africa
Cecil Rhodes
De Beers Diamond Co.
Cape to Cairo Railroad
Identify major figures / events from the French Revolution
*100 Points each!*
Robespierre, King Louis XVI, Mary Antoinette, Guillotine, Storming of the Bastille, Tennis Court Oath, Declaration of Rights of Man & Citizen, Napoleon, Estates General, Womens March on Versailles, Jean-Paul Marat
Japan was trying to rapidly industrialize during the ______________________________. Japan then imperialized ______________ following the ________________________in the late 19th century.
The United States responded to Japans aggression by placing an _________________.
In response to^ Japan attacked _______________
Meiji Restoration
China
Opium Wars
Oil Embargo
Pearl Harbor