If Zayd misses all of his shots during a basketball game, and Yasmina blocks three of them, and this was the only game of Zayd's you witnessed, you might think he's a bad basketball player. But if I told you he was sick with tuberculosis that day, I would be providing some __________ that would help explain Zayd's performance.
What is context?
100
The philosophy that the government should stay out of the economy and let market forces like supply and demand drive prices and production
What is laissez-faire?
100
He is the current prime minister of Israel
Who is Netanyahu?
100
The only country not controlled by Britain in the early and mid 1900s: Jordan, Palestine, Syria, or Iraq
What is Syria?
100
This man wrote the Communist Manifesto and called for the destruction of the capitalist system
Who is Karl Marx?
200
Who do we suspect cleaned his factory and improved the conditions before the arrival of inspector Holmes?
Who is Mr. Pooley?
200
The political party in America that promotes laissez-faire economics
What is Republican?
200
NASA recently discovered Trappist 1, which is a ___________
What is a star with seven earth-like planets orbiting it?
200
Trump's executive order banned immigrants from these seven countries
What are Sudan, Somalia, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, and Libya?
200
This socialist almost won the Democratic nomination in the 2016 U.S. presidential election
Who is Bernie Sanders?
300
This university created our beloved Historical Thinking Chart
What is Stanford?
300
Rather than the government hand guiding economic activity, Adam Smith believed the __________ hand of supply and demand would produce the best economic outcome
What is invisible hand?
300
The conservative French leader who recently visited Lebanon
What is Marie Le Pen?
300
These were the first five countries with nuclear weapons. They are also permanent Security Council members
What are China, Russia, U.S., France, and Britain
300
These are the two socialist/communist nations in the Western Hemisphere
What are Venezuela and Cuba?
400
This word means the central argument made in response to an essay question
What is a thesis?
400
The two classes that exist in the capitalist mode of production in early 19th century Europe. One is the owners of the means of production, the other is the working class
What are the bourgeoisie and proletariat?
400
A major financial crisis almost led to the collapse of the capitalist system in the U.S. in this year
What is 2008?
400
This country was the leading exporter of oil in 1900
What is the U.S.?
400
This was the first country to overthrow the capitalist system and adopt communism, and remained communist until 1991
What is Russia?
500
We are practicing this historical thinking skill when we ask questions like "What was the purpose of the source?" and "Who wrote it? Is he/she trustworthy?"
What is Sourcing?
500
The system of one country's domination over another in order to extract resources and find new markets for its goods
What is imperialism?
500
The large city in Western Iraq that the Iraqi government is currently trying take back from ISIS
What is Mosul?
500
The official languages of this country include Afrikaans (a mix between Dutch and several other European languages), Zulu, Xhosa, English, and Tsonga
What is South Africa?
500
Under this socialist program, the U.S. government provides Americans over the age of 65 with a monthly payment