Back Before 1750...
The Enlightenment and Revolutions (1750-1900)
The Industrial Revolution (1750-1900)
Imperialism (1750-1900)
So You Think You Know Your Teacher?
100

Identify THREE religions.

What are Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, etc.

100

The form of government where people vote for leaders and/or major decisions

What is democracy?

100

The term for a series of workers who put together a product, one task at a time 

What is an assembly line?

100
The name of the meeting in 1884-1885 where European leaders divided up the continent of Africa (without any African leaders present)

What is the Berlin Conference?

100

Mr. Kremer moved to Washington from the state of...

What is Ohio?

200

The name of the explorer who accidentally "discovered" the Americas in 1492

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

On July 4th, 1776, American colonists published a document that officially "broke up" with their British rulers, called the...

What is the Declaration of Independence?

200

The Industrial Revolution began in the country of...

What is Britain?

200

This African country, led by Emperor Menelik II, did NOT get colonized during the Scramble for Africa.

What is Ethiopia?

200

Mr. Kremer's LEAST favorite subject in high school was...

What is history?

300

The largest land empire in all of world history, led by Genghis Khan -- used brutality to scare people into surrendering and skilled with horses

What is the Mongol Empire?

300

In this revolution, a Caribbean island revolted against France and got their entire nation free from slavery

What is the Haitian Revolution?

300

In the Industrial Revolution, dirty and overcrowded apartment buildings were called...

What is tenements?

300

Identify TWO causes of European imperialism in Africa.

What is better technology, industrialization / desire for raw materials, racism, nationalism, men-on-the-spot, etc.

300

How many brothers does Mr. Kremer have?

What is three?

400
Identify THREE plants or animals that spread between the New World and Old World via the Columbian Exchange.

What are corn, tomatoes, potatoes, horses, cocoa, pigs, cattle, sheep, turkeys, llama, etc.

400

The name of the Enlightenment thinker who developed the idea of natural rights (basic rights to life, liberty, and property)

Who is John Locke?

400

A group of workers that is organized and fights for workers' rights and interests is called...

What is a labor union?

400

There are _____ countries in Africa.

What is 54?

400

Besides Washington and the state that he just moved from last year, what is the one other U.S. state that Mr. Kremer lived in for six years?

What is Massachusetts?

500

Name ONE Islamic Empire from before 1750.

What is the Abbasid Caliphate or Ottoman Empire?

500

The form of government where the government leaders based their decisions on religion

What is theocracy?

500

During the Industrial Revolution, factories began to emit ________________ like carbon dioxide, which trap heat in the atmosphere and lead to climate change.

What are greenhouse gasses?

500

The largest country in Africa is...

What is Algeria?

500

Last week, Mr. Kremer lost his trusty little coffee thermos, which he had previously used all year. What color was his trusty little coffee thermos?

What is pink?