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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! - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
FINAL GEOPARTYFINAL GEOPARTY
CLASS CLASS WARFARE WARFARE EDITIONEDITION
RULES
Five 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
What flags make up the Union Jack? – Specifically!!!
Answer 9
St George (England) St Andrew (Scotland) St Patrick (Ireland)
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!
Answer 17
Question 18
Currently, some Sikhs are advocating for their own country. What would they like it to be called?
Answer 18
Khalistan
Question 19
Define Anthropogenic This is why I’m
hot
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
What is the last name for every Sikh:– Man– Woman
Answer 23
Singh Kaur
Question 24
Who said: “It doesn't matter the color of the cat, as long as it catches the mouse.”
Answer 24
Deng Xiaoping
Question 25
The following is an excerpt from which text:
“Without the efforts of the CCP, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can never achieve independence”
~Chairman Mao
Answer 25
Little Red Book
Question 26
What is another name for Nationalists? (After the Chinese civil war they fled to Taiwan under Chang Kai Shek)
Answer 26
Kuomintang
Question 27
Hong Kong operates as a limited democracy, its motto known as:
Answer 27
One country, two systems Or…
SAR: Special Administrative Region
Question 28
From 1949-1971, the UN, USA, and others recognized Taiwan as the legitimate China, calling Taiwan __________.
Answer 28
ROC: Republic of China
Question 29
Name the Islamic ethnic group who lives in China’s Northwest Xinjiang Province.
Answer 29
Uighers
Question 30
What is the ONE CHINA POLICY?
Answer 30
The One-China policy states that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the sole legitimate government of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. All countries seeking diplomatic relations with the PRC must acknowledge this policy and refrain from maintaining official relations with Taiwan.
Question 31
The last of the Romanov’s were executed during which revolution? (Month & Year)
Answer 31
October, 1917
Question 32
What is the name of Yeltsin’s economic reform post USSR?
Answer 32
Shock Therapy
Question 33
What was Stalin's plan of forced industrialization called?
Answer 33
5 Year Plans
Question 34
Define Glastnost and Perestroika
Answer 34
Glasnost: openness Perestroika: Economic Restructuring
Question 35
Before working in Putin’s administration and being chosen as his successor, Medvedev was the chair of which state owned company?
Answer 35
Gazprom
Question 36
After a 2008 amendment, in effect now, how long is each presidential term limit in Russia?
Answer 36
Six years
Question 37
SpecificallySpecifically what chant is preformed by the All-Blacks before rugby matches?
Answer 37
The Kai-mate Haka
Question 38
What is the most prominent constellation in the Southern Hemisphere?
Answer 38
Southern Cross
Question 39
Which treaty was meant to settle land disputes between Maori and the British?
Answer 39
Treaty of Waitangi
Question 40
Which Dinka group fought for independence from the North in the 2nd Sudanese Civil War?
Answer 40
SPLA – Sudanese People’s Liberation Army
Question 41
What leader has a warrant for their arrest by the ICC?
Answer 41
Omar al-Bashir
Question 42
What was the immediate catalyst (specific!) for the Soweto uprising in 1976?
Answer 42
The forced teaching of Afrikaans
Question 43
Who is the Islamic terrorist group in Northern Nigeria responsible for recently abducting 276 school girls?
Answer 43
Boko Haram
Question 44
What war, which killed 3 million people, produced more casualties than any conflict post WWII?
Answer 44
DRC’s Civil War– 1998-2003– Africa’s World War
POINTS SO FAR…
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