Ancient Egypt
Ancient China
Rights and Freedoms
WW1+2+Holocaust
Human Geography
Physical Geography
HSIE Team
100
This word means king
Pharaoh
100
What is China's main crop?
Rice
100
What is the United Nations (UN) and why was it created?
The United Nations is a formal organisation created after World War 2 to create and foster the conditions for future world peace between nations.
100
What was Hitler's title?
Führer
100
What are examples of megacities?
Tokyo,Delhi, Shanghai,Mumbai,Beijing,Dhaka,London,New York
100
Name all 7 continents
Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Australia and Antarctica
100
When was Miss Pannowitz's birthday?
23 November
200
What continent is Egypt in?
Africa
200
What continent is China in?
Asia
200
Define 'activist'
a person who campaigns to bring about political or social change.
200
When did Hitler invade Poland and start WW2? (dd/mm/yy)
1 September 1939
200
What is the process called by which an increasing proportion of a population lives in towns and cities?
urbanisation
200
What does BOLTS stand for?
Border, Outline, Legend, Title, Scale
200
Where is Miss Nabi from?
Dhaka, Bangladesh
300
What is the river that runs through Egypt?
The Nile
300
This famously tall mountain can be found in the Himalayan Mountain Range. It is the tallest mountain in the world.
Mt Everest
300
When did Captain Cook claim Australia to be terra nullius?
1778
300
Who was the Australian PM during WW2?
John Curtin and Robert Menzies
300
Define the term Push/pull factors
factors that either motivate people to leave their place of residence, or attract people to a new place.
300
Name the capital city of each Australian state (Hint: there are 8 in total- you need to mention all of them to win the points)
Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Hobart, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin
300
What year and term did Mr Hynds start working at Delroy?
Term 1, 2022
400
What was Anubis the god of?
The god of embalming and the afterlife
400
This is the range of mountains that surrounded ancient China's western side providing another natural barrier.
the Himalayas
400
What does the term “the Stolen Generations” refer to?
The Stolen Generations were the children of Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent who were removed from their families by the Australian federal and state government agencies and church missions, under acts of their respective parliaments.
400
What country is Kokoda in?
Papua New Guinea
400
What does GDP stand for?
Gross Domestic Product
bonus 100 if you can say what it is
400
What is magma?
The molten rock under the Earth's crust
400
What is Mr Holland allergic to?
Milk! He's lactose intolerant
500
What is a scribe?
The only people who could read and write
Kept records, such as how much food was produced at harvest time
500
What is one of the major religions in China?
Buddhism
500
Where was the National Apology held?
Canberra, in parliament
500
What two cities in Japan did Americans drop nuclear bombs?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
500
What is a megacity?
A city of 10 million or more occupants.
500
Draw a tsunami and describe ONE impact of it
Answers will vary
500
What is Miss Nabi's favourite colour?
Yellow
600
Who was the god with the head of a hawk?
Horus
600
Who was the first emperor of China?
Qin Shi Huang Di
600
What event is this picture from? (double point if you can explain the IMPORTANCE of the event)
Freedom Rides
600
Where in Australia did the Japanese coduct air raids?
Darwin
600
Where to most Australians live? on the West Coast or East Coast
East Coast
600
What is the result of diverging plate boundaries
Rifts, valleys and Mid-ocean ridges
600
Where is Miss Pannowitz is from?
Maitland (near Newcastle)
700
What was Orisis the god of?
god of the dead, and ruler of the underworld.
700
What is the landform that separates China to the north?
Gobi Desert
700
Explain 3 key facts about this event
Day of Mourning 1938
Answers will vary
700
What is the name of the place in America that the Japanese bombed?
Pearl Harbour, Hawaii
700
Name the 7 continents in order of highest population density to lowest population density
Asia , Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Australia, Antarctica
700
What is a tectonic plate?
Plates that make up the Earth's crust
700
What year and term did Mr Holland start working at Delroy?
Term 2, 2021
800
Who was the first female pharoah?
Hatshepsut
800
What was the primary purpose of the Great Wall?
To keep out nomadic invaders from the North.
800
Explain Eddie Mabo's role in the fight for Aboriginal rights and freedoms
He campaigning for Indigenous land rights and in a landmark decision of the High Court of Australia that overturned the legal doctrine of terra nullius ("nobody's land")
800
Who were the Axis powers in WW2?
Germany, Japan and Italy
800
How do you calculate population density?
Divide the total population by the total land area
800
What is an example of a pollutant?
Trash, oil spills, gasses from cars/busses
800
What are the FULL names of all FIVE TEACHERS in the HSIE faculty? You need to WRITE the names on the board - spelling COUNTS.
Taylor Pannowitz, Sam Hynds, Brayden Holland, Diane McNaboe, Idishta Nabi
900
Who was the Sun God?
Ra
900
Who built the terracotta army and why?
Qin Shi Huang ordered construction of his mausoleum to begin when he took the throne of the Qin State in 246 BC. The role of the Terracotta Army was to "guard" the entire mausoleum and Qin Shi Huang believed that the army could protect him in the afterlife.
900
Explain the importance of University of Sydney in the Aboriginal rights and freedoms movement
USyd students led the Freedom Rides
900
Define referendum
when citizens of a country vote on a single political question to enact a major change in law
900
Explain ONE difference in human wellbeing between urban and rural Australia with an EXAMPLE.
They must have used CAUSE and EFFECT language
900
What are the 2 main causes of eathquakes?
Volcanic eruptions and tectonic plate movements
900
How many children does Mr Hynds have?
2