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4. Pre- Assessment

5. Renaissance

6. Silk Road

7. Causes of the Age of Exploration

8. Sports / Pop Culture Sports / Pop Culture

9. Pre-Test Renaissance Silk Road Causes of the Age of Exploration Sports/ Pop Culture $100 $300 $200 $400 $500

10. CATEGORY 1 - $100 A government where citizens vote on issues…

11. CATEGORY 1 - $200 Before become agriculture- based economies, farming, early people didn’t stay put and had to do what for food…

12. CATEGORY 1 - $300 This is the word for keeping animals in order to grow and eat them…

13. CATEGORY 1 - $400 As an agricultural economy, prehistory people invented this technique in order to help crops grow?

14. CATEGORY 1 - $500 Which religion is most different from the other three: Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Judaism

15. CATEGORY 2 - $100 During the Renaissance, there was a rediscovery of the ideas of these two ancient civilizations?

16. CATEGORY 2 - $200 Renaissance means “rebirth.” Where did this “rebirth” take place?

17. CATEGORY 2 - $300 Da Vinci and his wonderful inventions, and other Renaissance ideas, were spread throughout Europe after they were copied by this invention…

18. CATEGORY 2 - $400 This philosophy symbolized the Renaissance movement as it awakened a spirit of discovery and innovation in Europe…

19. CATEGORY 2 - $500 Taxes were first levied in Renaissance Europe. Name three things these funds were used for?

20. CATEGORY 3 - $100 The Silk Road spanned nearly 4,000 miles from this empire in the West to this empire in the East?

21. CATEGORY 3 - $200 This form of government is where a king or queen has “absolute” control.

22. CATEGORY 3 - $300 These disease spread across the Silk Road disrupting trade for good.

23. CATEGORY 3 - $400 These, aside from the Bubonic Plague, spread across the Silk Road…

24. CATEGORY 3 - $500 These three reasons, ending the Silk Road, usher the West into seeking a new, maritime (by sea) route to Asia?

25. CATEGORY 4 - $100 This very long war between France and Britain became expensive for Feudal Lords in their Castles…

26. CATEGORY 4 - $200 This technological invention came with a BANG!, and made ships more deadlier on the high seas? This technological invention came with a BANG!, and made ships more deadlier on the high seas?

27. CATEGORY 4 - $300 The Fall of this city, the capital of the Roman Empire, led to the end of the Silk Road?

28. CATEGORY 4 - $400 This invention meant, Lords in their castles were no longer invincible!

29. CATEGORY 4 - $500 This philosophy, or way of thinking, leads humans to feel they can discovery the truth of the world around them, without faith. (hint: word ends in “ism”)

30. CATEGORY 5 - $100 Her music video wreckingball was the fastest viewed video ever. Maybe she is a wreckingball.?

31. CATEGORY 5 - $200 This vampire-loving actress was paid $500,000 for 15 minutes of her time. All money went to charity.

32. CATEGORY 5 - $300 Don’t wake me uupppppppppppppp. Mr. Wall likes this artist, who will appear in the movie Battle of the Year 3D.

33. CATEGORY 5 - $400 Can you name the local mascots for our sports teams: NFL, NBA, and AAA Baseball team (Charlotte Knights)?

34. CATEGORY 5 - $500 The U.S. and this superpower are in talks to workout the conflict in Syria?

35. CATEGORY 1 - $100 Democracy.

36. CATEGORY 1 - $200 Hunter/Gatherer.

37. CATEGORY 1 - $300 Domestication.

38. Irrigation. CATEGORY 1 - $400

39. CATEGORY 1 - $500 Hinduism.

40. CATEGORY 2 - $100 Greek and Roman

41. CATEGORY 2 - $200 Florence Italy.

42. CATEGORY 2 - $300 Gutenberg Press.

43. CATEGORY 2 - $400 Humanism.

44. CATEGORY 2 - $500 Art, Schools, and Sewers.

45. CATEGORY 3 - $100 Rome to China (Han Dynasty).

46. CATEGORY 3 - $200 Absolute Monarchy

47. CATEGORY 3 - $300 Bubonic Plague / Black Death.

48. CATEGORY 3 - $400 Christianity, Knowledge, Culture.

49. CATEGORY 3 - $500 Islam rise up blocking the Silk Road in Arabia, Monarchies desire wealth and new trading markets after the fall of Feudalism, and Fall of Constantinople ends Christianity’s control.

50. 100 years war. CATEGORY 4 - $100

51. Cannon. CATEGORY 4 - $200

52. Constantinople. CATEGORY 4 - $300

53. Stairs. CATEGORY 4 - $400

54. Humanism. CATEGORY 4 - $500

55. Miley Cyrus. CATEGORY 5 - $100

56. CATEGORY 5 - $200

57. Chris Brown CATEGORY 5 - $300

58. Sir Purr, Rufus, Homer CATEGORY 5 - $400

59. Russia. CATEGORY 5 - $500