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World History Final Jeopardy Review Game. The Shang kings consulted the gods through the use of what?. What are Oracle Bones. 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?.
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World History Final Jeopardy Review Game
The Shang kings consulted the gods through the use of what? What are Oracle Bones 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
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
The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage? Surprise and overwhelming force B1
Name the title of Hitler’s book? What is Mein Kampf ? Which means My Struggle B2
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
What lesson was learned from the Battle of Britain? That Hitler’s advances could be blocked. B5
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
What event was described as “A date that will live in infamy”? The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941 B9
Name the worst of the Nazi concentration camps. What is Auschwitz? B10
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
How did Hitler rationalize the taking of the Sudetenlandto 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 plan called for the attack on France first and then Russia? What is the Schlieffen Plan C8
Why were Germany and Austria Hungary called the Central Powers? Because they were located in the central part of Europe C9
Which nation cause the U.S. to fight in World War I? Germany C10
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
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
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 D10
Name Mali’s first great leader? Who is Sundiata? E1
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
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
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