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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Round 1 Round 2 Lasher’s Legions Final Jeopardy Party Card Animals Fun Meter Fanatics

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Med & Middle East Africa $100 $200 Europe South Asia East Asia Americas Round 2 $100 Final Jeopardy $200 Scores $300 $300 $400 $400 $500 $500

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The industrial revolution began here with an improved steam engine in the 1770 s.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The type of political system used to describe the relationship between noble and vassal that is shown below:

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 This civilization was known for their engineering; they advanced designs in arches, roads, aqueducts, and domes, as seen in this depiction of the Pantheon:

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The type of governmental system in Europe epitomized by Louis XIV’s famous quote: “L’État, c’est moi” (the state, it is me).

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The twelfth clause of this 1215 document states that “no scutage or aid shall be imposed in our kingdom, unless by the general council of our kingdom” became the rallying cry of the American Revolution: “No taxation without representation”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The sultan of this empire defined himself as…“Slave of God, master of the world, I am Suleiman and my name is read in all the prayers in all the cities of Islam. I am the Shah of Baghdad and Iraq, Caesar of all the lands of Rome, and the Sultan of Egypt. ”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Beginning in the sixth century BCE, it was the first of the major classical empires; they were tolerant of different religions; they governed through satraps in different provinces; and their cultural contributions included Zoroastrianism; standardized weights, measures and coins; and a postal system.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Greek for “between the rivers, ” the geographic name of the area made up by the Babylonian, Assyrian, and Mitanni Empires – today we call it Iraq.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This founder and first president of the Republic of Turkey introduced a new alphabet, he separated Islamic law from secular law, and he began educating women.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This caliphate’s contributions during Islam’s Golden Age (750 -1258) included a compilation of algebra, the Rubaiyat, the philosophy of Ibn Rushd, and Ibn Sina’s medical encyclopedia.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This conference, which took place 1884 -1885, partitioned Africa without respect to ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Signs like this were prevalent in South Africa during its _____ era, which lasted from 1948 to 1991.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The migration of this group from the Niger-Congo river deltas, c. 1500 BCE – 500 CE, forms the basis of ~ 1/3 of the language groups in sub. Saharan Africa.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 These churches, built by King Lalibela in the 12 th and 13 th centuries, are found in this modernday nation.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This title, from the Mandinka word for “sultan” or “emperor, ” is synonymous with Mali’s most famous king, who controlled the Gold-Salt trade in the 14 t century.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 In the center of the Indian flag is a spinning wheel, which represents Gandhi’s boycott of this industry, begun in 1921.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The map below depicts the spread of this religion.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 Ashoka (Aśoka), who is known for his edicts inscribed on 33 pillars, and who brought peace to the entire Indian subcontinent, was a third century BC emperor of the ______ empire.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The name of the Ultimate Reality (unifying force) in Hinduism, as noted by the following Vedic dialogue: “A father orders his son to break open the fruit of the banyan, or fig, tree: Father: ‘What do you see? ’ Son: ‘Very tiny seeds, sir. ’ Father: ‘Break one. ’ Son: ‘I have broken it, sir. ’ Father: ‘Now, what do you see? ’ Son: ‘Nothing, sir. ’ Father: ‘My son, what you do not perceive is the essence, and in that essence the mighty banyan tree exists. Believe me, my son, in that essence is the soul of all that is. ’”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 These three religions split the “Crown Jewel of the British Empire” into 1) India, 2) West and East Pakistan, and 3) Burma.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 This architectural structure was built during the Tang Dynasty; it had its origins from Buddhist monks who brought the stupa design to China from India.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 This admiral sailed his fleet of 62 ships as far as Africa, c. 1405 to 1433; his death marked the end of Chinese exploration under the Ming.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The Asiatic migration of this group played a role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This Chinese philosophy became dominant during the Han Dynasty; it stresses filial piety (duty of respect and obedience to one’s parents and elderly family members), knowing one’s place in society (relationships), and the morality and education of leaders. It eventually developed into the civil service exam and a social class known as the scholar-officials.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 The Tokugawa ______ was the last feudal Japanese military government, and ended in 1868 when the Meiji Restoration restored imperial rule.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $100 The European kingdom that originally settled the Ohio River Valley, including Erie, as seen in this map.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The Pyramid of the Sun is located in this sub-region of the Western Hemisphere.

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 What is Meso-America (Mexico)? The pyramid is located in Teotihuacan, just north of Mexico City (Tenochtitlán) and was built prior to the arrival of the Aztecs Scores

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $300 The 1962 crisis between the Soviets and the United States that is depicted in this cartoon.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Known for its human sacrifices, the extent of this empire is seen here. Enter Answer Here for Category 6 - Question 4

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $500 This 15 th century Incan citadel (fortress) is its most famous icon, and is known by this name.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Humans & Cultural Political the Traditions Systems Environmt Trade Routes Labor Systems Social & Gender Roles Round 1 $200 $200 Final Jeopardy $400 $400 Scores $600 $600 $800 $800 $1000 $1000

© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The industrial revolution fueled the migration of people from the country to the cities, which is called this pattern of settlement.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 This mid-century event caused the decrease in world population between 1300 and 1400.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 This transfer of plants, animals, people and disease from the Old World to the New World (and vice versa) is the major cause of the demographic impact shown here:

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Based on this type of metal technology developed by the Hittites, from c. 800 to c. 280 BCE the Kingdom of Nubia (Kush) fueled its furnaces in their capital of Meroë with timber. The result was massive desertification, which is one reason for its decline.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The name given to this migration of people from its origin in the Caucuses region near the Black Sea, c. 4000 – 2500 BCE.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The religion of the ruler of the Mughal Empire in India that influenced the design of the Taj Mahal.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Thomas Jefferson immortalized John Locke’s argument for the natural rights of “lives, liberties, and estates of the people” into this phrase in the Declaration of Independence.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 The philosophy described in this quote by Han Feizi: “…The ruler regulates penalties and increases punishments for the purpose of repressing the wicked, but the people think that is severe…. (This is the method) for attaining order and maintaining peace, but the people are too ignorant to appreciate (it)…”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 Founded in the Punjab region of India by Guru Nanak, c. 1500, disciples of this syncretic religion believe in the unity of God, high moral standards, reincarnation, and rejection of the caste.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 Cyril and Methodius, two Byzantine priests, developed an alphabet for Slavic languages that is known by this name.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 Lenin relied on these local councils of industrial workers and soldiers to help guide the Russian Revolution.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 As opposed to the Chinese and Roman Empires, the Greek and Mayan city states, the Holy Roman Empire, the kingdom of Kongo, the Iroquois, and America under the Articles of Confederation (pre-Constitution) represent this type of governmental system or rule.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 This “ism” began during the French Revolution; it helped bring about the event depicted in this painting of Wilhelm I being proclaimed German Emperor at Versailles.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The type of political system that Aristotle viewed as a perversion because it was “of the needy” and not for “the common good of all. ”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The “Rhodes Colossus, ” depicted here, is indicative of this specific period in World History.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 These seasonal winds were the driving force behind trade in the Indian Ocean, c. 500 -1500.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 Trade along this Eurasian route helped facilitate the spread of the Black Death, c. 1332 to 1347.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 This trading league began with the wool and fur trade, and did much to commercialize northern Europe from the 14 th to the 16 th centuries. It also served as a defensive alliance.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The first global trade route, depicted below:

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The system of political and economic policy employed by the Europeans during the First Global Age, c. 1500 to c. 1750, as depicted here:

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 This type of a coerced labor system describes a person who is bonded or contracted to work for another for a specified time, often in exchange for travel expenses; it was employed in the 17 th and 18 th centuries to recruit labor for North America, and revived in the 19 th century after Britain passed the Slavery Abolition Act of 1833.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The coerced labor system Czar Alexander II was referring to in 1856 when he said, “the existing condition of owning souls cannot remain unchanged. It is better to begin to destroy (it) from above than to wait until that time when it begins to destroy itself from below. I ask you gentlemen, to figure out how all this can be carried out to completion. ”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 During the industrial revolution, women and children were often employed in these two industries.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The corvée, a system of coerced, unpaid labor that had its origins in Rome, spread throughout Europe; it was later used by the Spanish to grant conquistadors a tract of land together with its Indian inhabitants to provide labor in this type of system.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The sub-region where most slaves were taken in the triangle trade.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $200 The practice of foot-binding, which became popular during the Song Dynasty, is indicative of this type of social-gender relationship where power is held by men.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $400 The type of social system in India described by the Rig-Veda: “When they divided the original Man into how many parts did they divide him? What was his mouth, what were his arms, what were his thighs and his feet called? The brahman was his mouth, of his arms was made the warrior. His thighs became the vaisya, of his feet the sudra was born. ”

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $600 The practice of sati, or selfsacrifice of a virtuous woman, was practiced here.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $800 The ethnic / racial name given the child in this painting of Las Castas in the Spanish Empire.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved $1000 The name of the 19 th - 20 th century women’s movement seen in this picture.

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© Mark E. Damon - All Rights Reserved Empires Scores Final Jeopary Question

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