Geography
India
Latin America
Africa
People/Movements
100
Come up and point out countries in Central America. 100 points per correct answer. You are finished once incorrectly identify one or you cannot name any more within 5 seconds.
100
After the British left India, the country was split in two. What is the term to describe this split AND what country was formed with parts of India?
Partition
Pakistan
100
What determined your place on the Latin America social hierarchy?
Race
100
What two groups were the "main characters" of the Rwandan Genocide
Hutu and the Tutsi
100
Who is this? and what was his original occupation?
Gandhi
Lawyer
200
What modern day countries were the Inca and Aztec Empires located?
Peru and Mexico
200
Explain what short term issue sparked the Sepoy Mutiny
Sepoys were made to use weapons that required that they bite off a piece of the gunpowder cartridge that was lubricated using cow/pig fat (this was forbidden by Hinduism and Islam)
200
What economic system was put in place for the colonies to benefit the "home" country?
Mercantalism
200
Name one of the two imperial powers that had control over South Africa
DOUBLE POINTS FOR BOTH
Britain and Belgium
200
Who is this?
Nelson Mandela
300
Songhai, Mali, and Ghana were among the West African kingdoms. What 2 resources were the most profitable in the regions they occupied?
Salt + Gold
300
According to the Indian social hierarchy, there was a group at the bottom that consisted of outcasts or pariahs. What TWO names do we associate with this group
"Untouchables"
Dalits
300
According to the Latin American social hierarchy....
What is a Mestizo?What is a Mulatto?
Mestizo- Indigenous and Spanish ancestry
Mulatto- African and Spanish ancestry
300
What event does this picture depict?
Scramble for Africa
300
Toussaint L’Ouverture was the leader of which Latin American revolution?
Haitian Revolution
400
What geographical feature was Tenochtitlan built on?
What modern day city is at this location?
A lake
Mexico City
400
What was the motivation to split India in two?
Religion: Muslim minority feared they would never have a say or power in a Hindu majority country. Wanted a country of their own.
400
What was the name of the system in which the natives worked for the Spanish?
Encomienda
400
What is Apartheid?
What was the goal of the system?
A system of segregation based on race
Reduce rights held by black South Africans and keep the white minority in power
400
Give 2 negative effects of the Green Revolution
-Pesticides
-Lack of biodiversity
-Contamination of water
-Genetically modified foods
500
What country did the Green Revolution begin in?
What continent was the Green Revolution unsuccessful?
Mexico
Africa
500
What is the term used by Gandhi to describe his "truth power" of civil disobedience
Satyagraha
500
What European movement inspired some Latin American independence movements?
Enlightenment
500
What event does this picture depict?
The Berlin Conference
500
What Spanish "conquerer" defeated the Aztecs?
What Spanish "conquerer" defeated the Inca?
Hernan Cortes
Francisco Pizarro