Intennnnse Jeopardy !

INTENNNNSE JEOPARDY! Unit 1 – Clash of Cultures

Renaissance Protestant Reformation

Native American

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RENAISSANCE - 10

1. What is the capital of Switzerland?2. What is the capital of the Netherlands?3. What is the capital of Italy?

RENAISSANCE (RES) – 10

1. Switzerland – Bern 2. Netherlands – Amsterdam 3. Italy – Rome

RENAISSANCE - 20

1. Who invented the printing press?2. Who perfected the telescope?3. Why were these inventions important to the

Renaissance?


1. Printing press: Johannes Gutenberg 2. Telescope: Galileo 3. These inventions were important to the

Renaissance because the printing press allowed ideas to quickly spread and the telescope allowed for people to see truth in the universe for themselves. / These inventions allowed for people to stop depending on just the Church for information and just start depending on themselves.

RENAISSANCE – 30

1. What does infallible mean?2. What is the heliocentric model of the galaxy?3. How did its’ discovery encourage skepticism

about the Catholic Church? Correctly use infallible.


1. Infallible: Cannot be wrong.2. Heliocentric model: Sun at the center of the

galaxy.3. Its’ discovery encouraged skepticism about the

Church because the Church preached a geocentric model and the invention of the telescope allowed people to see the galaxy was actually heliocentric, so the Church was no longer infallible, as it was once thought.

RENAISSANCE – 40

1. Who was Wycliffe?2. Who was Hus?3. Why were they important to the Protestant

Reformation?


1. Wycliffe: First to translate the Bible into vernacular (English)

2. Hus: First to fight to break away from the Catholic Church

3. Importance: They inspired Martin Luther to successfully break away from the Catholic Church and start the Reformation.

RENAISSANCE – 50

1. Who was Martin Luther?2. What were the 95 Theses?3. Why would the Protestant Reformation have

been impossible to start before the invention of the printing press? Must mention Hus and Wycliffe.


1. Martin Luther: First to successfully break away from the Catholic Church / started the Protestant Reformation

2. 95 Theses: Luther’s list of complaints against the Church

3. The Protestant Reformation would have been impossible to start before the invention of the printing press because ideas could not spread fast enough without it, so the Catholic Church could easily put a stop to a rebellion, like they did with Wycliffe and Hus.

PROTESTANT REFORMATION – 10

1. Berlin is the capital of which country?2. Dublin is the capital of which country?3. Vatican City is the capital of which country?

PROTESTANT REFORMATION (RES) – 10

1. Berlin: Germany2. Dublin: Ireland3. Vatican City: Vatican City


1. Other than the telescope, which Renaissance invention had the biggest impact on the Scientific Revolution?

2. How did this invention influence the Scientific Revolution?


1. Other than the telescope, the printing press had the biggest impact on the Scientific Revolution.

2. The printing press allowed for ideas to scientists to quickly share information, which would allow for inventions and discoveries to take place quicker.

PROTESTANT REFORMATION– 30

1. What does vernacular mean?2. Give an example of vernacular.3. How would the invention of the printing

press lead to the Protestant Reformation? Must correctly use vernacular.


1. Vernacular: Spoken language2. Example of vernacular: any language that is not Latin,

Pig Latin, or Chinese.3. The invention of the printing press would lead to the

Protestant Reformation because people had more access to books, including the Bible, that were written in vernaculars. This made them rely on themselves for information rather than the Church, so they started to have different ideas and the ideas spread too quickly for the Church to stop them.


1. Which economic system did the ideas from the Protestant Reformation influence?

2. Explain the belief of that economic system.3. How does this economic system affect the

United States?


1. The Protestant Reformation influenced the idea of capitalism.

2. Capitalism believes that people should own property, and not the government.

3. Capitalism affects the United States because we use this economic system.


1. How did Luther and Quakers differ on the idea of “all believers are equal”?

2. What was the Seneca Falls Conference?3. How did the ideas from the Protestant

Reformation lead to women’s suffrage in the United States? Must mention Seneca Falls and religion.


1. Luther believed that all MEN were equal in church while the Quakers believed that all PEOPLE, including women, were equal in church.

2. Seneca Falls Conference: the start of women’s suffrage in the US

3. The ideas from the Protestant Reformation led to women’s suffrage in the United States because many of the women at the conference were Quakers who believed that women were equal EVERYWHERE, not just church.

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE –10

1. In which location of the Americas would you find the Aztec Indians?

2. In which location of the Americas would you find the Inca?

3. In which location of the Americas would you find the Taino?

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE (RES) – 10

1. Aztec: Central Mexico2. Inca: Western part of South America / Peru3. Taino: Caribbean Islands

NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE – 20

1. From which continent did the original Native Americans come?

2. How did the original Native Americans get to the Americas (be specific)?

3. Explain how the climate of the time allowed for the original Native Americans to come into the Americas.


1. They originally came from Asia.2. They walked on the Bering Strait to get to the

Americas. 3. The climate of the time was extremely cold

(Ice Age), which meant the Bering Strait, which is now water, was frozen over, allowing them to walk across it.


1. In which location of the Americas would you find the Maya Indians?

2. In which location of the Americas would you find the Iroquois?

3. In which location of the Americas would you find the Mississippi?


1. Maya: Southern Mexico to northern Central America

2. Iroquois: Canada, US3. Mississippi: Midwestern, Eastern, and

Southeastern part of the US


1. What does resilience mean?2. Give an example of how the original Native

Americans proved to be resilient during their early days.

3. What percentage of the current US population is Native American?


1. Resilience: toughness2. Examples of resilience include: building fires,

constructing insulated houses, making warm clothes – all in FREEZING temperatures. / Spreading across the Americas without wheeled vehicles or riding animals.

3. 1.2% of the current US population is Native Americans.


“Man has responsibility, not power.”

1. What does this quote mean?2. How does it connect to Carl Sagan’s “Pale,

Blue Dot”?3. How does it connect with Malala’s fight for

education?


“Man has responsibility, not power.”

1. This quote means that we have the illusion of being able to control the world but really we are only supposed to take care of one another and our world.

2. This connects to “Pale, Blue Dot” because Sagan’s message was that we only have one world and one people, and we must take care of one another since there is no where else for use to go.

3. This connects to Malala’s story because even though she no longer lives in Pakistan and can receive a great education, she still feels responsible for the girls there who need an education, and she fights for them.

AGE OF EXPLORATION – 10

1. In which region of Latin America would you find Mexico?

2. In which region of Latin America would you find Haiti?

3. In which region of Latin America would you find Peru?

4. In which region of Latin America would you find Costa Rica?

AGE OF EXPLORATION (RES) – 10

1. Mexico: North America2. Haiti: Caribbean Islands3. Peru: South America4. Costa Rica: Central America


1. Who was the first conquistador to meet Native Americans?

2. What was the first group of Native Americans that Europeans met?

3. What two ways were Native Americans annihilated? Explain how each destroyed them.


1. The first conquistador to meet them was Columbus.

2. The first Native Americans that were met were Taino/Arawak.

3. They were annihilated through war (Europeans had superior weapons) and disease (Natives had no immunity to European diseases).

AGE OF EXPLORATION– 30

1. Why is Bartolome de las Casas famous?2. Explain the three different views he took over

time in relation to slavery, in the order that he believed them. Mention African slavery


1. De las Casas is famous because he was one of the first Europeans to fight against ill-treatment of Native Americans and slavery in general.

2. At first he believed it was okay for Natives to be slaves. Then, he saw how slavery affected them and he wanted Africans to be used as slaves instead, believing they were stronger. Finally, he saw that slavery in general was terrible and he wanted it abolished.


1. How did the Catholic Church treat the Jews and Moors (Muslims) in Europe, according to APHOTUS?

2. How would the Catholic Church’s way of dealing with different beliefs predict the relationship that conquistadors would have with Native Americans?


1. They kicked out and/or killed Jews and Moors because they had different beliefs.

2. Their way of dealing with different beliefs predicted the relationship that conquistadors would have with Native Americans because the conquistadors saw the Natives as different and wanted to conquer them/had no respect for them.


1. Describe Spain’s social structure (nobility vs. peasants) at the time that Colum left Europe to go to the New World.

2. What was Columbus’ social status in Europe?3. How did Spain’s social structure influence

Columbus to explore “unknown oceans”?


1. At the time, Spain’s nobility was tiny (2% of the population) and owned most of the land (95%) while the peasants made up a large percentage (98%) but owned very little (5%).

2. At the time, Columbus was not a noble – he worked and was part of the peasant class.

3. Spain’s social structure influenced Columbus because he wanted to make his own money and become rich so that he could be like the nobles.

RANDOM – 10

1. What were the main motives of European exploration?

2. Give an example how Columbus and his men used all three motives with the Native Americans.

RANDOM (RES) – 10

1. The main motives were gold, God, and glory.2. They searched for gold (riches) with the

Native Americans, they tried to turn them into Christians, and they became famous (Columbus even got titles) for “discovering” Natives.

RANDOM – 20

• Explain the legend of “The Two Wolves”. You must include the lesson. You must include how it can apply to our lives.

RANDOM (RES) – 20 • In the legend, a son told his grandfather of the

problems he had with his temper. The grandfather explained that everyone has two wolves inside of them, one who is good and kind, and the other which is bad and mean. The one that wins is the one that we feed.

• The lesson is that we each have choices to make about being good or bad.

• It can apply to our lives because we need to choose which actions we are willing to make in order to become good or bad.

RANDOM – 30

1. Which Central American country connects to South America?

2. Which Caribbean Island does the US own?3. Which is the largest South American country?

RANDOM (RES) – 30

1. The Central American country that connects to South America is Panama.

2. The Caribbean Island that the US owns is Puerto Rico.

3. The largest South American country is Brazil.

RANDOM – 40

• “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

1. How did the Spaniards treat the Tainos?2. How does this quote relate to this

treatment?

RANDOM (RES) – 40

• “Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

1. The Spaniards needlessly killed people for fun, rode on their backs like animals, forced them to work in mines and bring back impossible amounts of gold, etc.

2. This quote relates to this treatment because the Spaniards knew they could get away with whichever treatment they chose. They chose to make the lives of the Natives miserable simply because they could.

RANDOM – 50

1. What is Howard Zinn’s criticism of how we treat the historical account of European exploration of the Americas?

2. Why does Zinn believe it is an “ideological choice”?

RANDOM (RES) – 50

1. Zinn’s criticism is that we celebrate and glorify people who did so much bad in the world – even to the point of killing off an entire people. We pretend that it is heroism when we explain it to children instead of telling them the truth.

2. He believes it is an ideological choice we could choose to tell the truth about the genocide but because we don’t, we justify what was done.

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