Maple Point Tri-Team Tournament

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1) Students become members of a Social Studies Team.

2) Each student on team will be given a number 1-8.

3) Spin wheel to see which student gets question.

4) Both the team and individual student will answer question separately.

5) Each question worth 1 point for team / 2 points for individual. Potential to earn 3 points total.

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The MEDIEVAL WORLD final challenge

mosaic

Which term describes Roman artwork made from small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone?

Q1 – Legacy of Rome

aqueducts

The Romans built these to carry water from onepart of the empire to another.


Citizens have certain rights and responsibilities

Out of these feature of American democracy:

• All people are born equal• Leaders are elected directly by the people• Government is based on a written constitution• Citizens have certain rights and responsibilities

Which comes from the Romans?


Rhine River, Danube River, Carpathian Mountains, Black Sea

Name two geographic formations that acted as the northern borders of the Roman Empire at its height.


ship (boat, water)

What form of transportation was most likely used to carry trade goods between the cities of Rome and Carthage?


roads


What engineering feat connected the city of Rome with territory throughout the empire?

Feudalism

Q7 - Feudalism

The fall of Rome led to a dangerous and difficult lifein western Europe. This gave rise to what economicand political system?

Disorder and danger

Charlemagne (Charles the Great)

Q8 - Feudalism

Pope Leo III crowned who the Holy Roman Emperor

in return for military support.

feifs

A king gave his most important lords these, which were grants of land.

Q9 - Feudalism

What do these medieval items have in common?

* stone wall* castle moat

* knight’s armor

They describe forms of military technology / protection

Q10 - Feudalism

knight

Pages and squires were boys in training to become this

Q11 - Feudalism

Medieval knights are known for following a code of behavior. What is this code called?

chivalry

Q12 - Feudalism

God

The divine right of kings is the belief that monarchs right to rule was given to

them by whom?

Q13 - Feudalism

The Church

Q14 – Role of the church

Community life in western Europe during the Middle Ages centered around this

excommunicate

The power of the church was increasing duringDuring the Middle Ages. This was evident

When Pope Gregory did this to theHoly Roman Emperor. It means to

deprive a person membership in a church


convent

a main activity of a monastery during the Middle Ages was providing safe places

for travelers to stay.

A community of nuns stay in nunnery, also called this


Which of these NOT a sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church?

BaptismMarriage

ConfirmationPilgrimage to Jerusalem

PenanceAnointing of the sick

Pilgrimage to Jerusalem


gargoyles

A main feature of a Medieval Church was a stone spout carved in the form of beasts to warn

the people that devils and evil spirits would catch them if they did not obey the church.

What are they called?


to take Jerusalem from the Muslims

This was a main goal of the Crusades?


Reason

Thomas Aquinas was know for Bridging the gap between Faith and this.


Enough crops were grown to sell to people who lived in towns.

Q21 – Medieval Towns

How did new farming methods contribute to the growth of medieval European

towns?

long-distance trade (commerce)

The revival of this, in addition to new farmingMethods, led to the growth of medieval towns.


to gain independence from this personmedieval towns would buy royal charters

feudal lords


If you were a customer who bought shoes from a cobbler,

this organization might help you by making sure that the shoes were of good quality.

a guild


This was the biggest cause of disease in medieval towns.

Unsanitary conditions


These eventually replaced trial by ordeal or combat

Court trials / Trial by Judges and Juries


A miracle play is a type of religious drama in the Middle Ages based on

stories about saints.

Which type of dramaIs based on stories from the bible?

Mystery Play


England and France

Three key events led to the decline of feudalism.

* Political changes in England

* A terrible disease

* A series of long wars between which two countries

Q28 – Decline of Feudalism

Magna Carta


This GREAT CHARTER was an agreement between the church and the king of England. It became a foundation for the peoples rights and liberties.

Habeas corpus

Part of the Magna Carta stipulated that ‘no free man’ could be jailed except by the lawful judgment

of his peers or by the law of the land.

This principle is called this


trade

What was one human activity that contributed to the spread of the bubonic plague?


The Black Death

The plague got this name because of the color of the blotches that appeared on the skin of many victims.


longbow

The crossbow was a medieval weapon that was effective only at short ranges.

At Crecy, the English army used this weapon to defeat the crossbow of the larger French army.


Western and Eastern

The two columns in the chart below show the differencesbetween these two parts of the Roman Empire

Q34 – The Byzantine Empire

This is the name of the Eastern capitalOf the Roman Empire?

Constantinople


This Byzantine Emperor, along with his wife Theodora, was most famous for creating a

body of law that became the basis for many legal codes in the western world.

Justinian I


The eastern and western churches splitbecause of major disagreements between emperors and popes.

A formal division (split) in a church is called this.

schism


Islam was first preached here, calledAl-Jazerra, or “the island.”

Arabian Peninsula

Q38 – The Rise of Islam

Oases

The Arabian Peninsula has four mainenvironments:

• Coastal Plains• Deserts• Mountains and

??? – places in a desert where fresh water that has been trapped underground rises to the surface.

Q39 – The Rise of Islam

Makkah (Mecca)

Muhammad’s birthplace

Q40 – The Prophet Muhammad

Ka’ba

This cube-shaped shrine, said to have been built by Abraham for God, remains the most

holy site in all of Islam.


Muhammad was a trader, and according to Islamic tradition, he was visitedby this angel and told to teach monotheism.

Gabriel


Muslim

People that follow Islam are called this, which means “those who surrender to God.”


Qur’an

A record of the words of God spoken by GabrielTo Muhammad can be found in this book.


The first year in the Muslim calendar.

Facing persecution for spreading their belief, Muhammad and his followers left Makkah in 622 on a journey known as the hijrah.

Challenge: How is the hijrah similar to the birth of Jesus?


caliphate

After Muhammad’s death, followers chose newrulers called caliph’s. The “rightly guided” caliphs were said to have followed the Qur’an and the example of Muhammad.

This was the name of the new government.


topography

After the first four caliphs, Islam split into two branchesover the question: Must a caliph be descended

from Muhammad?

The two groups were the __________ and the Shi’ah


The house of worship for a muslim

mosque

Q48 – The Teachings of Islam

book

Jews and Christians are considered to be “People of the _______” by Muslims.


Sunnah

Two foundations of Islam are the Qur’an and this, the example that Muhammad

set for Muslims during his lifetime. It means “practice”


The Five Pillars of Faith

The most basic acts of worship for Muslims are called this


Muhammad

The Shahadah is the profession of faith by all Muslims. It has two parts:

“There is no god but god…” professing belief in one all powerful god.

“…and this person is God’s messenger.”


Makkah (Mecca)

The second Pillar of Faith is daily ritual prayer.

According to Salat, Muslims must pray five times a day in this direction.


Siyam

The third and fourth pillars are Zakat and Siyam. Which one is fasting from dusk to dawn

during the month of Ramadan?


Hajj

The pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkahis the fifth pillar of faith.?

During this, Muslims circle the Ka’ba seven times, drink from

the ZamZam well, and climb Mount Arafat.

What is the pilgrimage called?


In Islam, this word means a physical struggle to overcome difficulties while striving to please God.

Jihad


Shari’ah

This is the body of Islamic Law based on the Qur’an and the Sunnah.


Zero

Muslims had a significant impact on mathematics.This word comes from an Arabic word

meaning “something empty.”

Q58 – Contributions of Muslims to Civilization

Chess

Although this game was probably invented in India, Muslims adapted it and spread

it across Europe.

The goal is to checkmate the opponent’s king.


Calligraphy

For Muslims, the highest form of decorative art was this,

the art of beautiful handwriting.


Palestine / Jerusalem / The Holy Land

The Crusades were called for by Pope Urban because he feared Christians could no longer

safely travel here once it came under the ruling power of the Seljuk Turks.

Q61 – CRUSADES

Constantinople

The call for the crusades originated from the Emperor of the Byzantine capital which is found here.

Q62 – CRUSADES

The Third crusade is the most famous. It featured Salah al-Din vs. this man,

the king of England.

Richard the Lionheart

Q63 – CRUSADES

Reconquista

In an attempt to retake the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims, a series of wars called thiswas launched. The word means reconquest.

Q64 – CRUSADES

Jews

During the Crusades this group was persecuted throughout Europe.

Q65 – CRUSADES

Christians

A positive impact of the crusades on this group was that contact with eastern cultures let to new foods, clothing, and huge profits for merchants from trading goods.

Q66 – CRUSADES

Early Kingdoms

• Ghana• Songhai

• Mali

This is a list of of West Africa

Q67 – West Africa

Savanna

The geography of West Africa includes:The Desert

Sahel - tall grass land

and forest

Q68 – West Africa

Iron Smelting

Which technology did the Nok people adopt as early as 500 B.C.E.? This technologycaused the Nok to use an enormous amount

of charcoal to fuel the furnace.

Q69 – West Africa

Archeologists found copper at Jenne-jeno. The nearest copper mines are 600 miles away.

What does thisindicate about the people of Jenne-jeno?

They carried out long distance trade

Q70 – West Africa

Arab scholars describe this location as a “land of gold” because it’s people

acquired great wealth serving as middle men the trans-Saharan gold / salt trade.

Ghana

Q71 – West Africa

Royal inheritance was matrilineal (based on women’s family line)

Because of this reason, when the king of Ghana died,

his son did not inherit the throne.

Q72 – West Africa

Salt / Gold

Ghana was located between two areasthat wanted to trade.

The North traded their ______ for the ________ from the

southern forests of West Africa

Q73 – West Africa

silent barter

Wangaran gold traders used this system When trading because it allowed people who

Spoke different languages to trade and it keep the location of their

gold mines a secret.

Q74 – West Africa

caravan traders

Islam was first brought to West Africa by this group.

Q75 – Islam in West Africa

Mansa Musa

The hajj of this individualcaused people in West Africa

to adopt Islamic ideas. His pilgrimage was soimpressive that European mapmakersproduced maps with his empire, Mali,

prominently displayed.


The influence of Muslims, who greatly value education,

made this city on the Niger River, a center for learning by building several

universities.

Timbuktu


Oral traditions

For centuries, the beliefs, values, and knowledge of West Africans were passed down from one generation to the next.

How was this done?

Q78 – Legacy of West Africa

Griot

This individual was responsible preservingWest Africa’s history and cultural legacy. He

memorized all the important events that occurred in a village.


Traditional West African folktales, stories that pass along the history of a people,

made it to the Americas this way?

Slaves brought them


call and response

The balafon, the ngoni, and the kora are all traditional musical instruments in West Africa that may be played during this

common style of music that featured a leader and a chorus repeating a pattern over and

over.


Kente cloth

West Africans make this, the most famous West African textile by sewing narrow strips of silk or simple fabrics together. The colors and designs of this textile have symbolic meanings

to the maker.


Mesoamerica

This word means “Middle America,” the Region extending from modern-day Mexico

through Central America

Q83 – The Maya

Hieroglyphics / glyphs

The Maya adapted the writing system of the Olmec to create their own system.

The Mayan system uses these to representsounds, words, and ideas

Q84 – The Maya

Sacred Round

One important use of this Mayan itemwas to determine when to plant crops.

It was called the tzolkin and was based on 13 months of 20 days each.

Q85 – The Maya

Slash and burn

Skillful Mayan farmers used variousagricultural techniques to overcome the

difficulty of maintaining a stable food supply.

In the mountains they used terraces.In the lowlands they used platforms.

What technique did they use in the densely

forested areas?

Q86 – The Maya

The population

The collapse of the Mayan civilization is a great mystery of Mesoamerican history.

Scholars give possible reasons as:* Uncontrolled warfare among city-states

* Crop failure* Invaders from central Mexico

and* This grew too fast for the

Mayan farming system.

Q87 – The Maya

Valley of Mexico

The Aztecs are a Mesoamerican peopleWho built a vast empire in the high valley of

this modern location.

Q88 – The Aztecs

pay tribute

Unlike many other empire builders, the Aztecs did not start colonies. And although they

expanded their empire through warfare and alliances, they did not force conquered people

to adopt their ways.

They forced member of their empire to do this instead ?

Q89 – The Aztecs

Barter / trading one good for another

What was the usual way to buy and sell goods in an Aztec market?

Q90 – The Aztecs

Aztec priests

This group within Aztec society did the tasks listed below?

• studied the sky• ran schools

• predicted the future

Q91 – The Aztecs

Maize / corn

The Aztecs ate both homegrown foods and foods that were imported from

distant places. The mainstay of the Aztec diet, however, was this?

Q92 – The Aztecs

Blood sacrifice / human sacrifice

The Aztec’s were called the “people of the sun”because they saw the sun as a warrior who

fought each night against the forces of darkness. The survival of the universe

depended on the sun winning these battles.

To keep the sun strong they did this to offer him nourishment.

Q93 – The Aztecs

Runners called chasquis relayed messages

The Inca Empire stretched about 2,500 milesand it did not have a written language.

How did they get a message to the emperor from farthest parts of the empire?

Q94 – The Incas

Top - Emperor

The Inca society was based on a strictly organized class structure.

Was the Sapa Inca at the top, middle, or bottom of the Incan social ladder?

Q95 – The Incas

An Incan clan (group of related families)

Family life in Incan society was based on the ayllu. Everyone was born into an ayllu

and lived their entire lives within the borders of its land.

What was the ayllu?

Q96 – The Incas

Cuzco

Unlike the Aztecs, when Incas conquered a tribe they required them to adopt the ways

of the Incas.

Leaders and their sons were brought here, the capital city of the Incas,

to study Inca laws and the official language.

Q97 – The Incas

gold

What material is described below?

The Inca covered almost every inch insidetheir Temple of the Sun with it.

They also made masks, sculptures, knives, and jewelry with it.

Q98 – Americas

Maya and Aztecs

Which two empires used both the 365 day solar calendar for farming and the sacred

260 day calendar to predict events and determine day for planting or going to war?

Q99 – Americas

The Spanish

The Aztecs and the Incas built their empiresIn the two centuries before this group

arrived in the 1500s?

Q100 – Americas

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