FINAL EXAM JEOPARDY--ROUND 1

PEOPLE

100

For 700 years, this man held the title of "Richest Man in History"...quite recently the crown seems to have passed to Elon Musk.

Mansa Musa

200

The past 75+ years of Chinese history have been shaped largely due to what was a decades long crusade by this man to see China adopt communism.

Mao Zedong

300

Arguably the most famous man in recent African history, this man defiantly resisted the overtly racist policy of his nation and became an international hero. 

Nelson Mandela

TERMS

100

For 1400 years, common people and kings alike, have made what could be an epic journey to fulfill this pillar of Islam

Hajj

200

More so than any other region of the world, Africa found itself subjected to this 19th century policy of exploitation where the strong take advantage of the weak. 

Imperialism (Colonialism)

300

For millennia, the rise and fall of Chinese dynasties could attributed to an emperor's perceived possession of this by the people.

Mandate of Heaven

400

For centuries, West African history as we know it has been passed down orally to every generation by these revered people. 

Griots

EVENTS

100

Contrary to the upward trajectory of its name, this failed policy resulted in the deaths of 10s of millions of people in the 1950s and 60s. 

The Great Leap Forward

200

The beginning of the end of colonial rule in Africa can be traced back the devastating effects of this event which battered and bruised almost every European nation.

WWII

300

After being shunned by the locals, the growth of Islam accelerated enormously as Muhammad and his few followers left Mecca in 622 as part of this pivotal event in Islamic history.

The Hijrah

400

Westerners and Sunni Muslims would agree that many of problems in the Middle East, to this day, stem from this event in 1979.

The Iranian Revolution

500

Considered by many to start of the "Scramble for Africa", in 1884, European nations laid claim to various parts of Africa during this event.

The Berlin Conference

GEOGRAPHY

100

During the Middle Ages, the East Coast of Africa thrived as collection of cosmopolitan city states known collectively by this name.

Swahili

200

After expanding through much of North Africa, Islamic expansion into WESTERN Europe was halted as a result of this battle in 732.

TOURS

300

While now thought of as remote and distant, during the 1300s, this West African location was a renowned destination known for its wealth and intellectual pursuits.

Timbuktu

400

Stretching from eastern Asia to eastern Europe, when it comes to the size of largest dynasties in history, this was the "runner up".

The Mongol Empire

POTPOURRI

100

For the better part of the 20th century, black and white South Africans lived separately under this infamous system of racial segregation. 

Apartheid