European Witch Trials
Salem Witch Trials
Feminist Movements
Religions
Wildcard
100
What made someone a witch in the 1500s?
someone making a pact with the Devil to gain supernatural abilities
100
Who is Tituba?
An indigenous enslaved person who was one of the first people accused of witchcraft
100
What did WITCH members call their chants at protests?
hexes/curses
100
What does Pagan mean?
umbrella term for range of polytheistic, earth centric practices
100
When did the theory of the witch trials being a way to eradicate midwives and healers come about?
1970s, during the 2nd wave of feminism
200
What is a Devil's Mark?
a mole, scar, blemish on someone's skin that is said to show someone's made a pact with the Devil
200
What's spectral evidence?
people claiming to see ghosts or specters of others at the scene of a supposed witchcraft act
200
What was the focus of the 1st wave of feminism?
right to vote, political power, formal equality
200
What is Imbolc apart of and what does it celebrate?
Wheel of the Year; celebrates the coming of spring, light returning as the days get longer,
200
What does this image depict?
a witch feeding her familiars blood
300
What is the Malleus Malleficarum?
the Hammer of Witches, a witch hunter's guide to finding, trying, and punishing witches
300
What caused the Salem Witch Trials to be so well known?
the last person to be pardoned was pardoned in 2021
300
What was the goal of the 2nd wave of feminism?
aimed to build off 1st wave, substantive equality, workplace rights, family/domesticity issues
300
What is a practice of voodoo?
make altars in their homes to honor spirits they worship
300
What is the difference between an infusion and a potion?
Infusion- steeping something in a liquid
Potion- intention/enchanted infusion
400
About how many people were killed in the European witch trials?
40,000-60,000
400
15 people were executed in Salem, one was killed in a different way than the others. How did Giles die?
Giles was pressed to death with stones
400
What did W.I.T.C.H originally stand for at their first protest?
Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell
400
Santeria is the combination of which two cultures/religions?
Yoruban practices and Spanish Catholicism
400
Who are the 2 witches that have been most brought up in this class?
Elphaba and Glinda
500
What is the Privy Council? And, what did they do?
the private council to the king, they granted towns the right to start a witch trial
500
What caused the Salem witch trials to come to an end?
the governor's wife was accused and he decided to disband the current court and create a new one
500
Who is Sojourner Truth?
she was a formerly enslaved person who was an abolitionist and activist, she gave the "Ain't I a Woman" speech
500
What is a practice of brujeria?
Communing with ancestors
500
What is the formula for "witch hunts" to occur around the world?
fear + trigger = scapegoat