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FINAL GEOPARTY. CLASS WARFARE EDITION. RULES. Four teams per class Each team gets one point for each correct answer The class with the highest amount of points at the end of day wins Each class will answer the same amount of questions NO collaboration between teams!
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FINAL GEOPARTY CLASS WARFARE EDITION
RULES • Four teams per class • Each team gets one point for each correct answer • The class with the highest amount of points at the end of day wins • Each class will answer the same amount of questions • NO collaboration between teams! • Each SUSPECTED collaboration deducts all points for the round from final score • Each complaint at suspected collaboration verdict deducts all points from the previous round from final score • Ms. Mattie is the judge • End of story
Question 1 During the Pilgrimage to Mecca, what building specifically do Muslims circle?
Answer 1 • Kaaba
Question 2 When and where was Muhammad’s “Night of Power”?
Answer 2 • Mt Hira, 610 CE
Question 3 • What are the 5 pillars of Islam?
Answer 3 • Shahadah (Creed) • Salat (daily Worship) • Alms-Levy (Give to Charity) • Fast during Ramadan • Hajj (Pilgrimage)
Question 4 • This group of people is advocating for an independent state in current Northern Iraq, Southeastern Turkey and Northwestern Iran. • 1) Name the people • 2) Name the state
Answer 4 • Kurds • Kurdistan
Question 5 What fundamentalist sect did Osama Bin Laden belong to?
Answer 5 • Wahhabism
Question 6 • Define Arab
Answer 6 Arab is an ethno-linguistic category, identifying people who speak the Arabic language as their mother tongue (or in the case of immigrants, for example, whose parents or grandparents spoke the Arabic language.
Question 7 • Name 3 countries that had regime changes during the Arab Spring IN ORDER from first to last:
Answer 7 • Tunisia • Egypt • Libya
Question 8 • Which terrorist group’s major goals are to 1) establish a Palestinian state and 2) establish an Islamic state in all of Israel
Answer 8 • Hamas
Question 9 • A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority is called:
Answer 9 • Fatwa
Question 10 • The Qur’an means:
Answer 10 • Recitation
Question 11 • _________________ is the right to decide your political future.
Answer 11 • Self-determination
Question 12 • Who wants: • The borders of ‘67 • The land of ‘67
Answer 12 • Borders of 1967: • Palestine • Land of 1967 • Israel
Question 13 • What treaty regulates Egypt’s irrigation of the Nile River?
Answer 13 • Nile Basin Initiative
Question 14 • Name the 6 official languages of the UN
Answer 14 • English • Spanish • French • Russian • Mandarin Chinese • Arabic
Question 15 • What document stated UK support for a Jewish homeland?
Answer 15 • Balfour Declaration
Question 16 • Name 2 non-member observer states to the UN
Answer 16 • Palestine • Holy See
Question 17 • Name the 4 specific castes (varnas), and the group of people below the caste system (Varna #5) • IN ORDER!
Question 18 • Currently, some Sikhs are advocating for their own country. What would they like it to be called?
Answer 18 • Khalistan
Question 19 This is why I’m hot • Define Anthropogenic
Answer 19 • Caused by humans
Question 20 • Name the Hindu trinity
Answer 20 • Brahma • Shiva • Vishnu
Question 21 • From 1947-1971, what exactly was Bangladesh called?
Answer 21 • East Pakistan
Question 22 • What event led to the transfer of power in India from the British East India Co. to the British Crown in 1857-58?
Answer 22 • Sepoy Rebellion
Question 23 • The Lokpal Bill, first introduced on December 22nd, 2011 and still subject to amendment today, tackles what subject in Indian government today, which is said to be rampant.
Answer 23 • Corruption
Question 24 Who said: “It doesn't matter the color of the cat, as long as it catches the mouse.”
Answer 24 • Deng Xiaoping