Geography
-isms
History of the Press
Movements & Parties
Sports History
200
The country where you can visit Machupicchu.
What is Peru?
200
An economic system based on public ownership and communal means of production
What is Communism?
200
Type of journalism in the 1890s that emphasized sensationalism over facts
What is yellow journalism?
200
Based out of California, this Civil Rights group opted for more direct, nonviolent protesting against police brutality. It's focus was largely on Black nationalism, socialism, and arming the community in the name of self-defense.
What is the Black Panther Party?
200
This quarterback has the most Super Bowl rings in NFL history and has recently retired at the age of 45
Who is Tom Brady?
400
The continent that contains the most freshwater.
What is Antarctica?
400
Loyalty and devotion to a particular State/country, usually centered around shared values, language, culture, and geographic location
What is Nationalism?
400
Published in 1906, an influential investigative journalism piece on the meatpacking industry
What is "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair?
400
Based in New York, this organization was led by Evelina López to increase literacy and academic performance for Puerto Ricans and other minority groups through decentralization of the public education system.
Who are the United Bronx Parents?
400
Tony Dungy was the first African American head coach to win the Super Bowl with this team over the Chicago Bears in 2006
Who are the Indianapolis Colts
600
This country borders the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, and the Gulf of Oman.
What is Iran?
600
Interpreting past events through the moral and ethical values of today
What is Presentism?
600
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein published The Watergate Scandal in 1972 with this news company
What is The Washington Post?
600
This group, with it's phrase translating to: "I have Puerto Rico in my heart," was a group based in Chicago focused on minorities and Puerto Ricans in the city.
Who are the Young Lords?
600
This tennis player is known for her great skill, advocacy for women in sports and LGBTQ+ rights, and her victory over Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes"
Who is Billie Jean King?
800
The smallest independent country on Earth.
What is Vatican City?
800
Using ones own culture/ethnicity as a reference for judging other cultures and ethnicities.
What is Ethnocentrism?
800
Passed in 1967, grants any person the right to request access to federal agency records or information.
What is Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?
800
Named after the capital of South Korea, this movement was one of many instances of efforts for democratization of the country following the assassination of Park Chung-hee.
What is the Seoul Spring (1979-1980)?
800
This Mexican fighter is the first and only undisputed champion in the super middleweight class and is known for his "cinnamon" colored hair
Who is Saul "Canelo" Alvarez
1000
The oldest city in the world.
What is Damascus?
1000
The western academic and artistic tradition of prejudiced outsider views and attitudes of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa often making these places seem "exotic" and under-developed
What is Orientalism?
1000
Technology originally developed for the U.S. Navy. Now used by the military, journalists, law enforcement officers, activists and others for encrypted communication
What is the Tor browser? Or onion routing
1000
Forming a human chain of two million people along Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, this demonstration was organized following the 50th anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact for independence.
What is the Baltic Way/Chain?
1000
The first NFL president, this athlete from the Sac and Fox Nation is known for his tremendous accolades in the Olympics (two gold medals) and NFL.
Who is Jim Thorpe?