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Final Jeopardy

2. 1 - $100
This person created uniform law for his empire that established the idea that it was the government’s job to look after it’s people
Who is Hammurabi?

3. 1 - $200
An important component of civilized societies. The Phoenicians, Egyptians (hieroglyphics) and Sumerians (cuneiform) contributed to this development.
What is the development of writing?

4. 1 - $300
This religion, originating in India, challenged the caste system and spread throughout Asia because it appealed to the poor and lower levels of society.
What is Buddhism?

5. 1 - $400
Modern democracies and representative governments can trace the origins of their governments from the polis and republics of these two ancient civilizations.
What are Greece and Rome?

6. 1 - $500
This religion challenged polytheism in the Roman world, despite the persecution of its followers
What is Christianity?

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This describes the split in the Christian Church in 1054 between the Eastern Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in Western part of the empire.
What was the Great Schism?

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This is the name of the time period between ancient and modern history. Society during this time period was based on feudalism and heavily influenced by the Church.
What is the Medieval Period or the Middle Ages?

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This Germanic leader built an empire that covered much of Europe, brought together Roman, Christian and Germanic traditions and was crowned Roman Emperor by the pope in 800 AD.
Who is Charlemagne?

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This author of The Prince, wrote that in order to gain and keep power, leaders should under stand that human nature is self-interested and should make decisions based on what is best for the state, not moral principles.
Who is Machiavelli?

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This man represents a “Renaissance Man” because he was well-rounded and accomplished in so many areas of life. He was a painter, sculptor, inventor and mathematician, among other things.
Who is Leonardo da Vinci?

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This was the connection that developed between the Eastern and Western hemispheres due to exploration. Raw materials, people, ideas, religions and diseases were exchanged.
What is the Columbian Exchange?

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This describes a new way of thinking that encouraged observation, reason and a willingness to question. Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler and Newton contributed to this movement that changed the European world view.
What is the Scientific Revolution?

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The period during the late 1600s and the 1700s produced new ideas about government and society based on reason. Philosophers from this time period, such as Locke, Voltaire and Rousseau challenged divine right of monarchs.
What is the Enlightenment?

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In this system of government the ruler has total power. Rulers such as Peter the Great and Louis XIV increased their power by controlling religion and the nobility.
What is absolutism?

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This military hero of the French Revolution and used the turmoil in France in the years following the French Revolution to seize power. He led a military coup d’état and took over, eventually naming himself emperor.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?

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Effects of this included new inventions, growth of factories and increased production, growth of middle class and industrial workers, worldwide trade, and an increasing focus of imperialism and militarism.
What is the Industrial Revolution?

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This author of The Communist Manifesto supported an economic system in which the community or the government owned the means of production and ensures an equal distribution of wealth.
Who is Karl Marx?

19. 4 - $300 Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism
What are the causes of World War I?

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This was caused by tensions over nationalist movements in the Balkans. It was also the spark that ignited World War I.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?

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This battle in France was the longest single battle of World War I. It was also significant because new technologies were introduced and a huge number of soldiers lost their lives.
What is the Battle of Verdun?

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This group, led by Lenin, would usher in a communist revolution in Russia based on the ideas of Karl Marx.
Who are the Bolsheviks?

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In this extreme form of nationalism, dictators such as Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito focused on national glory and militarism and blaming outsiders to gain support of the masses and increase their own power.
What is fascism?

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This Allied invasion at Normandy, was the largest amphibious invasion. The Allies broke through German defenses, and began the push to take France back from the Germans.
What is D-Day?

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At this meeting between Stalin, Churchill and Truman, Stalin said that he would not allow free elections in Eastern Europe. Distrust between the U.S. and Soviet Union led to tensions that caused Cold War. Discussions here also led Truman to drop the atomic bomb.
What was the Potsdam Conference?

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This nation was given to the Jews by the UN in 1948, following World War II. This had led to lots of conflict because Jews and Arabs have argued over this land for thousands of years.
What is Israel?

27. Final Jeopardy
[Name the person and the place.] He was in charge of U.S. occupation of this country after World War II. His plan was to ensure peace, prevent a future war and democratize the country. The emperor became a figure head and this person helped put a constitution in place.
What was MacArthur’s plan for Japan?