Agriculture & Civilisation
City-states, Religion, Collapse
Expansion & World Travelers
Colonialism & Identity
Epidemics & Pandemics
100
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What is the current #1 track on the Billboard Hot 100?
Rain on me
by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande
100
What is a key limitation of oral tradition as a form of evidence?
It is bound by how much an individual can memorise.
100
Who is this a monument to?
Zheng He
100
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“The Heart of Darkness” is about the colonization of which African country?
Congo Free State
100
This pandemic resulted in the death of approximately 60% of Europe’s population.
The Black Death
200
9000 BCE is the approximate year agriculture began in this part of the world.
The Fertile Crescent
200
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Movie theatres were recently opened again in Japan. What was the highest grossing film this past weekend?
200
Who dis?
Ibn Batutta
200
What is a kamuy?
An Ainu spirit
200
This was the most severe recent pandemic in world history with approximately ⅓ of the population of the entire world being infected.
The Spanish Flu
300
This region was known for being the first to cultivate maize (corn)
Mesoamerica
300
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During quarantine and lockdowns, this console and game have enjoyed the #1 sales position for weeks. Until this week.
Nintendo Switch
Animal Crossing: New Horizons
300
Why did civilisations expand geographically?
Maintenance is expensive. They needed resources.
300
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These Nike collaborations always sell out. Below is the latest one. Name the shoe model and the famous collaborator.
Nike Air Max 270 React
Travis Scott
300
This was the colloquial name of the second of the two 20th century pandemics involving the H1N1 influenza virus.
Swine Flu
400
What was the form of government in Ancient Egypt?
A theocracy/theocratic monarchy
400
What are the four world zones?
Afro-Eurasia
The Americas
Australasia
The Pacific
400
What does the acronym OPVL stand for?
Origin, purpose, value, limitation
400
How does this diagram help explain one’s identity?
The arrows pointing out are factors you feel make up your identity, and the arrows pointing in are the labels you feel other’s put on you.
400
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What is this a mega zoomed in picture of?
The scales on a butterfly wing
500
Identify two of the three main domesticated animals of the Andes.
Alpacas, Guinea Pigs, Llamas
500
How did collective learning raise the carrying capacity of the world during the agrarian era?
More food production, more people, more people, more innovation...
500
The expansion of this leader’s empire allowed for the wide spread of Hellenistic culture.
Alexander the Great
500
What does the woodblock animation The Fox of Shichgorosawa reveal about Ainu culture and identity?
Various answers
500
Contracting this pathogen has a case fatality rate of 25-90%.
Ebola virus
600
The tragedy was an important genre of ancient Greek drama. Name one famous ancient Greek writer or one famous ancient Greek play.
Some writers: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides
Some plays: Antigone, Prometheus Bound, Oedipus Rex
600
Outline one purpose of religion.
To define what is sacred and profane
To promote social norms
Social control
To provide people with a sense of purpose
600
He made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502.
Christopher Columbus
600
What is a key difference between Ryo-san’s and Maya-sans stories?
Maya-san grew up surrounded by and as part of Ainu culture, while Ryo was not told he was Ainu until going to university.
600
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This music artist is said to finally be getting his first official Nike sneaker in the first quarter of 2021.
Drake
700
How did Rome supply fresh water to its citizens across the empire?
Aqueducts
700
What is the difference between a civilisation being pushed or jumping to its collapse?
Pushed = external factors
Jumped = internal factors
700
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The reigning NBA champions
The Toronto Raptors
700
How does Teruyo-san describe the impact of Ainu elders on her life?
Pressure to carry on, but also provided the basic foundation of culture. Gave meaning to her life and desire to please them.
700
Outline 2 specific ways the world will change as a result of COVID-19. Each way must be from a different category (Political, Economic, Social, Cultural).
Various
800
How did the Mongols treat different religions across the empire?
There was complete religious freedom.
800
What are the three main theories that seek to explain why a civilisation collapses?
Internal weakness
External conquest
Environmental disaster
800
How did the Mongols, the Islam in Africa, and new technologies encourage long-distance travel?
By creating stable, long-distance empires, and improvements in sailing technologies.
800
Identify one North American indigenous group examined by your classmates to look at current issues of colonisation.
Ojibwe, Cherokee, Sioux, Ojibwe, Haida, Hawaiians
800
Complete the next line:
COVID 19 please stay away from me…
I’m a little boy, I don’t want your cooties.