World Religions
Geography and Map Terms
Types of Government and Economy
Geography and History Terms
Potpourri
100
This is an example of a monotheistic religion.
What is Christianity, Judaism, Islam?
100
This is the area on a map that says what all of the symbols mean
What is the key?
100
This type of government occurs when the people are allowed to vote for their government leaders?
What is democracy? Also accepted: Republic
100
When referring to dates - "Before Christ" (BC) can also be referred to as THIS - depending on the source.
What is BCE (Before Common Era)?
100
This is the greatest NFL football team (Hint: Please consider who wrote this clue!)
What is the Denver Broncos?
200
This is a religion that has its roots in India.
What is Hinduism and/or Buddhism?
200
Name ALL SEVEN CONTINENTS.
What is North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica?
200
This type of government occurs when the smartest person or people are in charge of the government.
What is meritocracy?
200
This is the term for someone or a group of people who move around a lot, and usually do not have a permanent home.
What is nomadic?
200
At one point in his college career, this Colorado Rockie was the starting quarterback at the University of Tennesse, playing AHEAD OF PEYTON MANNING!!
Who is Todd Helton?
300
These three religions all share Jerusalem as a holy city.
What are Judaism, Christianity, and Islam?
300
This type of map shows borders, cities, and other objects created by humans.
What is a political map?
300
This type of government occurs when the religious leader is in charge of the government.
What is theocracy?
300
This is the accurate term for the average yearly salary for someone in a country.
What is GDP per capita? GDP - Gross Domestic Product
300
Missy Franklin and this royalty helped celebrate the "Warrior Games" recently in Colorado Springs.
Who is Prince William?
400
Name ONE CONFLICT in the current Middle East Crisis.... naming WHO HAS A CONFLICT WITH WHO and WHAT THE CONFLICT IS OVER.
What is Palestine and Israel (Jerusalem)? What is Fateh and Hamas (control of Palestine)? What is USA and it allies vs. Iran (nuclear weapons in Iran)?
400
This line of latitude is the SOUTHERNMOST POINT where the sun will shine directly.
What is the TROPIC OF CAPRICORN?
400
While capitalism is a market-based economy that encourages competition, in this type of government the government sets the prices and there is no competition.
What is communism?
400
A government that engages in bribery, taking money for their personal gain, or other illegal actions is called this.
What is corrupt?
400
After taking nearly a week "off" from Twitter to "take some time to himself," one of Justin Bieber's first tweets was to give a shout out to this coach of "The Voice."
Who is Usher?
500
DAILY TRIPLE- For THREE of the following religions, name one holiday dedicated to that religion... - Christianity - Hinduism - Judaism - Islam
What is Easter and Christmas (Christianity), Diwali and Hindi New Year (Hinduism), Ramadan and Haj (Islam), Hanukkah, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur (Judaism)
500
Name at least one instance where you would use a map in "real life"
What is finding directions on computer or (Google Maps)? What is GPS? What is hiking? What is traveling in another country? What is geo-cache?
500
DAILY DOUBLE - Create a SOCIAL HIERARCHY PYRAMID for a DICTATORSHIP. HINT - Please make the pyramid ONLY TWO LEVELS!!
Top Level: Dictator Bottom Level: Everyone Else
500
DAILY DOUBLE - Name TWO web address suffixes that can usually be considered reliable.
What is EDU, ORG and GOV?
500
DAILY DOUBLE - Name two DBQ's that we have done this year, and the ESSENTIAL QUESTION FOR EACH
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