Middle Passage
Indigenous African Religions & Christianity in Africa
Hinduism vs. Islam
Early Islamic Empire
The Crusades
100

The "Middle Passage" refers to the voyage of what kind of people across the Atlantic Ocean?

Africans/enslaved people

100

Name the Marvel movie, originally released in 2018, includes some of the most accurate and heavily-praised representation of Indigenous African religions.

Black Panther

100

What is the most popular belief system practiced in India?

Hinduism

100

Name the founder of Islam.

the Prophet Muhammad

100

Name the two groups on opposite sides of the Crusades.

Christians (Catholics) and Muslims

200
If 1,866 Ghanaians embarked a ship and 587 of them disembarked in the Americas, how many of them died en route?

1,279 Ghanaian people

200

What is the academic word for a belief system with one god?

monotheistic

200

Imagine your friend invites you to go to a mosque with them. Which religious group can we infer your friend belongs to?

Islam/ they are Muslim

200

What is the word used in the Early Islamic empires to refer to the "king" or "ruler" of an Islamic territory?

caliph

200

Name the final destination of Crusaders leaving Europe (modern country or city).

Israel (Israeli-occupied Palestinian land) or Jerusalem

300

Which continents served as destinations for enslaved people during Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

North America & South America

300

How many gods are worshipped in traditional Indigenous African religions?

one

300

Hinduism is unique in its requirements for believers. How can someone become Hindu?

They must be born into Hinduism

300

Name a similarity between the Early Islamic Empire and the Mongol Empire as it relates to religion.

Both extended religious tolerance to newly conquered people

300
Name the American Christian group who has famously adopted the Crusades as the namesake for their public newspaper.

KKK

400

Name two of the major European countries that captured and sold enslaved people during the Middle Passage.

UK/England, Portugal, Spain, France, The Netherlands

400
Within Indigenous African religions, how are the good spirits divided?

Nature Spirits & Human Spirits

400

Name the word that describes the uniquely Hindu system of organizing people into a hierarchy based on purity and pollution.

caste

400

Name the modern country occupying the land where the Early Islamic Empire originated from.

Saudi Arabia (Mecca in the West is where Muhammad was born)

400

In what year did the First Crusade begin?

1095 CE

500

How was slavery in Africa different from slavery in the Americas?

In Africa it was a job, not a permanent condition.

500

Name the specific title for the religious leader who facilitated the process of T'Challa reuniting with his father in the Ancestral Plane scene from Black Panther.

Herbalist

500

The first casualty from a hate-crime after 9/11 was not a Muslim person, but rather a man from this religion; known for their strong commitment to justice and community service.

Sikhism

500

Name a body of water bordering the Early Islamic Empire by the time it had reached maximum growth in 750 CE.

Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, Indian Ocean, Caspian Sea, Aral Sea

500

How many miles did Crusaders walk (on average) from their homes in Europe to the Holy Land?

2,500 miles