Golden Age
Greece
Black History
Current Events
100

Name two characteristics of a Golden Age

New technology 

Surplus of food

Stable currency

New inventions

New architecture 

100

What is the capital of Greece

Athens

100

Who was the first African American major league baseball player?

Jackie Robinson

100

Where were the Easter bombings?

Sri Lanka

200

What does "surplus" mean?

Extra

200

What is a city-state?

A city surrounded by farmland

200

Who is our building complex named after? What did he do?

Charles Drew, African American surgeon, researched about blood storage 

200

Name 2 people running for president in 2020 

Kamala Harris

Joe Biden

Cory Booker

Elizabeth Warren 

Bernie Sanders

300

What are two ways that Emperor Qin Shihuangdi made China a Golden Age? 

-Standardized currency

-Built canals, irrigation systems 

-Built the Great Wall of China 

300

Why were Alexander the Great's parents extraordinary?

His father built the kingdom of Macedonia in 20 years, his mother slept with snakes, etc. 

300

This woman made thirteen missions to rescue 70 enslaved people, family, and friend using the Underground Railroad. 

Harriet Tubman

300

What cathedral in Paris recently burned?

Notre-Dame

400

What does "stable currency" mean?

Everyone in the country uses the same money (Example: Everyone in USA uses the dollar, everyone in Mexico uses the Peso, etc.)

400

What is one body of water near Greece?

Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea 

400

Who was the first black woman billionaire in history?

Oprah Winfrey

400

What did astronauts recently take a photo of?

The black hole

500

How many terracotta warriors were found?

8,000 
500

What is a philosopher?

Name two Greek philosophers.

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

500

Who was the first African American to serve on the US Supreme Court?

Thurgood Marshall

500

Who is our mayor? Who is our governor?  What is the difference?

Mayor: Bill de Blasio

Governor: Andrew Cuomo

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