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2020 Quiz Bowl > White - World History 1 > Flashcards

White - World History 1 Flashcards

1
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The first caliphate was called what?

A

Rashidun Caliphate

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2
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What country was oil discovered in

A

Persia

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3
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The house of saud affirms to what sect of islam

A

Wahhabbism

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4
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What civilization was first in the middle east

A

sumerians

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5
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What are the 2 sects of islam that split up

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Sunni and Shi’a

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6
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what created the power vacuum that caused the rise of ISIS

A

US invasion of Iraq

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7
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What year did decolonization start

A

1946

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8
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Who overthrew the shah in Iran

A

ayatollah khomeini

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9
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who promised the arabs independence

A

Britain

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10
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Who won the Yom Kippur war

A

Israel

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11
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How long does China date back to?

A

4,000 years

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12
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China invented what 3 thing?

A

Compass, Printing, and Gunpowder

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13
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Where was Ancient Egypt located?

A

Just off the nile river

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14
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Who buried their kings with gold and other riches?

A

Ancient Egyptians

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15
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What did the Incas come up with?

A

Roads and walls

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16
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Which civilization had a variety of languages?

A

The Incas

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17
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What are the spread out towns in Greece with their own governments and armies called?

A

City-States

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18
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How many dynasties has China been through

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13

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19
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What were China’s 3 original religons?

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Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism

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20
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The first written language was what?

A

Sumerian

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21
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What was the name of the tower that Christians built to be closer to God?

A

Tower of Babel

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22
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What are the 5 lromance language?

A

Spanish, French, Portuguse, Italian, and Romanian

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23
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What branch did English come off from?

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Germanic

24
Q

How much languages are there?

A

6500

25
Q

How much forms of English are there?

A

160

26
Q

How much percentage languages are endangered?

A

0.43

27
Q

Which one of these languages are endangered? English, Chinese, or Irish Gaelic?

A

Gaelic

28
Q

What is the most known language?

A

Mandrin Chinese

29
Q

What was the first discovered weapon?

A

Axe

30
Q

What was the Greeks verison of a flamethrower?

A

Greek fire

31
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What was Americas most used bolt action rifle?

A

Springfield 1903

32
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A MG 08 was worth how many men?

A

90

33
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What was the Germans first verison of a flamethrower?

A

Kleif

34
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Americas most used Semi automatic rifle is what

A

M1 Garand

35
Q

The Mg 42 was nicknamed what?

A

Hitlers Buzzsaw

36
Q

Thompsons were brought into the war by what American group?

A

Gangsters

37
Q

What is the name of the main catergoey of tanks now used?

A

Battle tanks

38
Q

What Nukes are used for its fallout?

A

Dirty Bomb

39
Q

The terrorist event in Iraq, where 244 people died after being trapped in a burning cinema.

A

The Cinema Rex Fire

40
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The terrorist event in Iraq cities where four suicide bombers detonated buildings and killed 796 people

A

The 2007 Yazidi Community Bombings

41
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The terrorist event in Russia where children were kidnapped from a public school. This included over 1,100 hostages and 330 deaths.

A

The Beslan School Seige

42
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The terrorist event in Columbia where a series of murders was committed by anti-Marxists, the drug cartel, and members of the police force.

A

The Massacre of Trujillo

43
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The terrorist event in the United States, known for being the worst terrorist event in history at almost 3,000 deaths

A

44085

44
Q

The town that became a tourist attraction after 9/11, when the population of 10,000 was tasked with protecting 6,000 stranded passengers for five days

A

Gander, Newfoundland (Canada)

45
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The priest who was most notable tortured and killed during the Massacre of Trujillo

A

Father Tibero Fernandez

46
Q

A Mario Kart arcade game was exposed for having images from THIS terrorist event in its database

A

The Beslan School Seige

47
Q

The intelligence group that was blamed for the events leading up to the Cinema Rex Fire

A

SAVAK

48
Q

Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

A

Neil Armstrong

49
Q

When Did the US first land on the moon?

A

1969

50
Q

What was the space race a competition of?

A

Spaceflight capability

51
Q

When was the first woman put in space?

A

1963

52
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Who won the space race?

A

The US

53
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Why was the space race important?

A

It showed which country was superior.

54
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When was the first space walk?

A

1965

55
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How many years did the space race last?

A

20

56
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When did the first animal orbit the earth?

A

1957

57
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When was the first earth satellite put in space?

A

1957

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