World History Final Jeopardy Review Game

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Name the kings who consulted the gods through the use of oracle bones? Who are the Shang ? A1

Name the ruler who was famous for a uniform code of laws that unified his empire? Who is Hammurabi? A2

Name the belief in many gods. What is Polytheism? A3

What scientific concept did Indian astronomers prove long before the Europeans did? That the Earth is Round A4

Name the ruler was considered to be both a king and a god? What is Pharoah? A5

It became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture. Why was Alexandria Egypt, important during the Hellenistic period? It became the foremost center of commerce and Hellenistic culture. A6

What is the Indus Valley Civilization sometimes called? What is the Harappan Civilization A7

What concept was the belief in “divine right” used to support? Absolute rule A8

How did the first Americans support themselves? Hunting and Gathering A9

Name the oldest known city in Africa south of the Sahara? What is Djenne-Djeno? A10

Surprise and overwhelming force The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage? Surprise and overwhelming force B1

What is Mein Kampf ? Which means My Struggle Name the title of Hitler’s book? What is Mein Kampf ? Which means My Struggle B2

Wished to avoid war with Germany. Why did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany? Wished to avoid war with Germany. B3

What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany? Invasion of Poland B4

That Hitler’s advances could be blocked. What lesson was learned from the Battle of Britain? B5

It was the turning point of the pacific war against Japan What was significant about the Battle of Midway? It was the turning point of the pacific war against Japan B6

In Germany, what effect did the Nuremberg Laws have? German Jews were stripped of citizenship, jobs, and property. B7

For German Jews wishing to emigrate out of Germany, what problems did they run into? Other nations set quotas on the number of German Jews they would accept. B8

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 What event was described as “A date that will live in infamy”? B9

Name the worst of the Nazi concentration camps. What is Auschwitz? Name the worst of the Nazi concentration camps. B10

An Armistice was signed What action on November 11, 1918 brought an end to WWI? An Armistice was signed C1

What is the policy of glorifying power and keeping an army prepared for war? Militarism C2

What region was referred to as the Powder Keg of Europe? The Balkan Peninsula C3

Who led Germany during the last decade of the 1800’s and most of WWI? Kaiser Wilhelm II C4

Czechs were abusing German-Speaking people How did Hitler rationalize the taking of the Sudetenland to the German people and the world? Czechs were abusing German-Speaking people C5

How did Italy follow the aggressive actions of its neighbor Germany? Italy invaded one of the last independent nations in Africa, Ethiopia. C6

How did the Axis Powers hope to keep the United States out of the war? By forming an alliance, the Axis Powers created a “two ocean war” for the United States. C7

What is the Schlieffen Plan What plan called for the attack on France first and then Russia? What is the Schlieffen Plan C8

Because they were located in the central part of Europe Why were Germany and Austria Hungary called the Central Powers? C9

Which nation cause the U.S. to fight in World War I? Germany Which nation cause the U.S. to fight in World War I? C10

Radical Russian Marxist Revolutionaries Who were the Bolsheviks? Radical Russian Marxist Revolutionaries D1

What did the pogroms do that occurred in the late 19th century Russia? Persecuted the Jews D2

Who fought in the Peloponnesian War? Athens and Sparta D3

What do we call the forced dispersal of the Jews? Diaspora D4

What was unusual about the West African Iron Age? West Africa skipped the Copper and Bronze Age D5

Turkish slaves who became a powerful force in the Abbasid Empire Who were the Mamelukes? Turkish slaves who became a powerful force in the Abbasid Empire D6

Name the title Ivan III use? What is Czar? D7

The Treaty of Verdun resulted in? The division of Charlemagne’s empire into 3 parts D8

Frederick’s empire had no strong central government The main difference between the original Roman Empire and the Holy Roman Empire of Frederick I was what? Frederick’s empire had no strong central government D9

The Maya wrote on a bark-paper book known as a What is a Codex The Maya wrote on a bark-paper book known as a D10

Name Mali’s first great leader? Who is Sundiata? E1

Who is Benito Mussolini? Leader of the Fascist government in Italy. Who is Benito Mussolini? E2

Leader whose totalitarian regime was based on a communist philosophy. Who is Joseph Stalin? E3

Who is Bartolomeau Dias? Name the first European to sail around the tip of Africa, now known as the Cape of Good Hope? Who is Bartolomeau Dias? E4

Who first landed in an island in the Caribbean Sea 1492? Christopher Columbus E5

The heliocentric, or sun-centered, theory was proposed by? Copernicus E6

Who is Voltaire, John Locke and Rosseau The Bill of Rights was proposed by ? Who is Voltaire, John Locke and Rosseau E7

Who seized power from Persia’s shah and changed the name of his country to Iran? Reza Shah Pahlavi E8

Who led the famous Salt March? Mohandis Gandhi E9

Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin In 1978, the Camp David Accords were signed by who? Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin E10

The 1956 Suez Crisis began when? Egypt seized control of the Suez Canal F1

During the Cultural Revolution, who were the “new heroes” of China? The Peasants F2

What is the policy of South African that means separating the races? Apartheid F3

What caused two Germany’s to reunite? The fall of Communism in East Germany F4

Name the Russian Republic’s first elected president? Who is Boris Yeltsin? F5

What was the main purpose of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty? To prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations F6

What is meant by Global interdependence? The idea that nations are dependent on other nations and affected by the actions of others far away. F7

How did Empress Lu maintain her power? She named one infant emperor and then another F8

How did the rulers of Ghana grow rich? By taxing the goods traders carried through their territory. F9

What did Hongwu do first to help China become a dominant power? He overthrew the Mongols and established the Ming Dynasty. F10