Historical Skills
Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Medieval Europe
Black Death
Pop Culture
Australian Prime Ministers
Music
100
What is chronology?
The arrangement of events or dates in the order of their occurrence.
100
What was the most important geographical feature of Egypt?
The Nile
100
Who was the lowest class in Ancient China?
Merchants
100
What was the main religion in Medieval Europe?
Catholicism
100
What is the bacteria that causes the Black Death?
Yersinia pestis
100
Which animated film features a cowboy named Woody?
Toy Story
100
Who is are current Prime Minister?
Anthony Albanese
100
Who is Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" about?
Drake
200
What are the two types of the sources and what is the difference between them?
Primary - From the time
Secondary - After the time
200
What is the name of the ruler of Ancient Egypt?
Pharoah
200
What was the name of the first Chinese emperor?
Emperor Qin Shi Huang
200
90% of people were considered this the Middle Ages
Peasants
200
Who did people believe was responsible for the black death?
God or the Jews
200
What is the highest-grossing film of all time, surpassing $2.9 billion at the global box office?
Avatar
200
Who was the first female Prime Minister?
Julia Guilard
200
Who sang the hit song “Shape of You”?
Ed Sheeran
300
What is the term for something that doesn't belong to the time period?
Anachronism
300
Name an Ancient Egypt God/dess
Isis, Osiris, Seth, Horus, Amun, Ra, Hathor, Bastet, Thoth, Anubis, and Ptah
300
What is the name of the policy which the Ancient Chinese believed controlled who was the Emperor?
Mandate of Heaven
300
What is the name of the social system that controlled people in Medieval Europe?
Feudalism
300
What years did the Black Death occur in Medieval Europe?
Between 1347 and 1351
300
Which of the following appeared in more Marvel movies than the rest?
A. Robert Downey Jr.
B. Don Cheadle
C. Tom Hiddleston
A. Robert Downey Jr.
300
Who was our previous Prime Minister?
Scott Morrison
300
What Kate Bush song was featured in Season 4 of Stranger Things?
Running Up That Hill
400
What is the terms for:
10 years
100 Years
1000 Years
Decade
Century
Millennium
400
What are the Black Lands and Red Lands mean?
Black Lands: Fertile Land
Red Land: Desert
400
Name some physical features of Ancient China
The Yellow River
Yangtze River
Gobi Desert
Himalayan Mountain Range
Taklamakan desert
400
What is the name of the first type of castle?
Motte and Bailey
400
How did the plague arrive in Europe? Year needed and place of arrival
The plague arrived in Europe in October 1347, when 12 ships from the Black Sea docked at the Sicilian port of Messina.
400
In which year did Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards get famously interrupted by Kanye West, sparking widespread controversy?
2009
400
Who was the first Australian Prime Minister?
Edmund Barton
400
Who is this?
Cher
500
Which century do this years belong to?
1650
1432
1321
1876
17th Century
15th Century
14th Century
19th Century
500
What test do you need to pass to get into the afterlife in Ancient Egypt?
‘Weighing of the heart’
The gods put the dead person’s heart on a balance and weighed it against the feather representing Ma’at, the goddess of justice. The heart had to weigh less than the feather to allow the person into the afterlife. If the heart was heavier than the feather of Ma’at, it would be sent to be eaten by the monster Ammit, a name meaning ‘devourer’ or ‘bone-eater’. Ammit had the head of a crocodile. From the front, she had the body of a lion and from the rear the body of a hippopotamus.
500
What is the Chinese terms for:
Nobles
Peasants
Artisans
Merchants
- the Shi
- the Nong
- the Gong
- the Shang
500
What is the years in which the Medieval period occurred?
500 - 1450
500
How did the Black Death lead to social mobility in the medieval period?
It weakened the feudal lord's control over the peasantry and freed peasants from their responsibilities under feudalism
500
Who directed the 1997 film, Titanic?
James Cameron
500
Which Prime Minister disappeared after a swim?
Harold Holt
500
Who wanted a little bit of a little bit of Monica, Erica Rita, Tina, Sandra, Mary and Jessica?
Artist and name of song
Lou Bega - Mambo 5