World History Jeopardy Comparative Religions The Middle AgesAge of Exploration Industrial Revolution The Cold War

Comparative Religions – 100 points Where did the Israelites record events and laws? The Torah

Comparative Religions – 200 points Beliefs contrary to official Church teachings are called Heresies

Comparative Religions – 300 points What group of people came to be called popes? Bishops of Rome

Comparative Religions – 400 points The Israelites believed that God made a binding agreement with Abraham called a(n) Covenant

Comparative Religions – 500 points The Muslim body of law that includes interpretation of the Quran is known as Sharia

The Middle Ages– 100 points King John was forced to sign a charter called the Magna Carta

The Middle Ages– 200 points Isabella of Spain launched a crusade against non- Christians, using a Church court called the The Inquisition

The Middle Ages– 300 points Why is Joan of Arc remembered? She helped create the French resistance to the British

The Middle Ages– 400 points What caused the Black Death? Disease caused by fleas

The Middle Ages– 500 points The Holy Land included Jerusalem & places where Jesus lived and preached

Age of Exploration – 100 points Spanish explorers traveled to the Americas to find Gold

Age of Exploration – 200 points What location were most African slaves were taken from Inland villages of Africa

Age of Exploration – 300 points European traders sent Africans to the Americans to Start new colonies

Age of Exploration– 400 points How did the Aztecs treat conquered peoples? Many were killed and sacrificed

Age of Exploration– 500 points Molasses was often turned into what for shipment to Europe? Rum

Industrial Revolution – 100 points Who Invented dynamite. Nobel

Industrial Revolution– 200 points The right to vote. Suffrage

Industrial Revolution – 300 points The idea that the goal of society should be “the greatest happiness for the greatest number” of its citizens was a philosophy held by Utiliatarians

1970s – 400 points Why did Darwin’s theory of evolution cause controversy? It disagreed w/the Biblical account of creation

Industrial Revolution– 500 points Why did Britain took the lead in the Industrial Revolution? The British business class had large profits to invest.

The Cold War – 100 points The break up of this country ended the Cold War. What is the Soviet Union?

The Cold War – 200 points This was a symbol of divided Germany, and it came down on November 10, 1989, ending communism. What was the Berlin Wall?

The Cold War – 300 points This leader would be the last one of the Soviet Union. Who was Mikal Gorbachev?

The Cold War– 400 points This program provided a series of lasers in space in order to detect and destroy Soviet ICBMs. What was SDI or “Star Wars”?

The Cold War – 500 points These were the leaders of North & South Vietnam? Ho Chi Minh & Ngo Diem