HighFour World History
Category D: Grades 11-12
Round 8
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #1
Explanation:
Feudalism
Although derived from the Latin word feodum (fief), then in use, the term
feudalism and the system it describes were not conceived of as a formal
political system by the people living in the medieval period. In its classic
definition, by Francois-Louis Ganshof (1944), feudalism describes a set of
reciprocal legal and military obligations among the warrior nobility,
revolving around the three key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs.
Answer #2
Explanation:
Richard Arkwright
He is a self-made man, a leading entrepreneur of the Industrial Revolution.
His achievements was to combine power, machinery, semi-skilled labor,
and a new raw material (cotton) to create, more than a century before
Ford, mass produced yarn.
Answer #3
Explanation:
Romanticism
It was the revolt against the scientific rationalization of nature. It was
embodied most strongly in the visual arts, music, and literature, but had a
major impact on historiography, education and the natural sciences.
Answer #4
Explanation:
Patriots
Their rebellion was based on the political philosophy of republicanism, as
expressed by pamphleteers, such as Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton,
and Thomas Paine.
Answer #5
Explanation:
Revue
Though most famous for their visual spectacle, revues frequently satirized
contemporary figures, news or literature. Due to high ticket prices, ribald
publicity campaigns and the occasional use of prurient material, the revue
was typically patronized by audience members who earned more and felt
less restricted by middle-class social mores than their contemporaries in
vaudeville.
HighFour World History
Category D: Grades 11-12
Round 8
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #6
Explanation:
Edmund Burke
He is mainly remembered for his support of the cause of the American
Revolutionaries, and for his later opposition to the French Revolution. The
latter led to his becoming the leading figure within the conservative faction
of the Whig Party, which he dubbed the ‘Old Whigs’, in opposition to the
pro-French Revolution ‘New Whigs’, led by Charles James Fox.
Answer #7
Explanation:
Carlsbad Decrees
They banned nationalist fraternities (‘Burschenschaften’), removed liberal
university professors, and expanded the censorship of the press.
Answer #8
Explanation:
Corn Laws
To insure that British landowners reaped all financial profits from farming,
the corn laws made it too expensive for anyone to import grain from other
countries, even when the people of Great Britain and Ireland needed the
food. The laws were introduced by the Importation Act 1815.
Answer #9
Explanation:
Monroe Doctrine
The doctrine was introduced by President Monroe when he was enraged at
the actions being executed around him. It asserted that the Americas were
not to be further colonized by European countries but that the United
States would neither interfere with existing European colonies nor meddle
in the internal concerns of European countries.
Answer #10
Explanation:
Barbary Coast
The name is derived from the Berber people of North Africa. In the West,
the name commonly evokes the Barbary pirates and slave traders based on
that coast, who attacked ships and coastal settlements in the
Mediterranean and North Atlantic and captured and traded slaves from
Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. The slaves were being traded and sold
throughout the Ottoman Empire.
HighFour World History
Category D: Grades 11-12
Round 8
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #11
Explanation:
Holy Alliance
It was created to instill the Christian values of charity and peace in
European political life, but in practice Klemens Wenzel von Metternich
made it a bastion against revolution. The monarchs of the three countries
involved used this to band together in order to prevent revolutionary
influence from entering these nations.
Answer #12
Explanation:
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte
He was elected President by popular vote in 1848, he initiated a coup d’etat
in 1851, before ascending the throne as Napoleon III on December 2, 1852,
the forty-eighth anniversary of Napoleon I’s coronation.
Answer #13
Explanation:
Beer Hall Putsch
Beer halls in the early 10th century existed in most larger southern Germany
cities, where hundreds or even thousands of people were able to gather
during the evenings, drink beer and often engage in political or social
debate. There were also places where political rallies could be held, a
tradition still alive today.
Answer #14
Explanation:
Kristallnacht
German authorities looked on without intervening. The attacks left the
streets covered with broken glass from the windows of Jewish-owned
stores, buildings and synagogues.
Answer #15
Explanation:
Gestapo
It was administered by Rechssicherheitshauptamt (RSHA) (‘Reich Main
Security Ofice’) and was considered a sister organization of the
Sicherheitsdienst (SD) (‘Security Service’) and also a suboffice of the
Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) (‘Security Police’).
HighFour World History
Category D: Grades 11-12
Round 8
Thursday, April 21, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #16
Explanation:
Red Terror
The term ‘Red Terror’ was originally used to describe the last six weeks of
the ‘Reign of Terror’ of the French Revolution, ending on July 28, 1794 with
the execution of Maximilien Robespierre, to distinguish it from the
subsequent First White Terror.
Answer #17
Explanation:
Engelbert Dollfuss
In early 1933, he shut down parliament, banned the Austrian Nazi party and
assumed dictatorial powers. Suppressing the Socialist movement in
February 1934, he cemented the rule of ‘austrofascism’ through the
authoritarian First of May Consitution. He was assassinated as part of a
failed coup attempt by Nazi agents in 1934. His regime was maintained
through the Stresa Front until Adolf Hitler’s invasion in 1938.
Answer #18
Explanation:
Potsdam Conference
Participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United
States. The three nations were represented by Communist Party General
Secretary Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and later,
Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.
Answer #19
Explanation:
Benelux
The Unions’ name is formed from the beginning of each country’s name; it
was possibly created for the Benelux Customs Union, although according to
The Economist it was coined somewhat earlier, in August 1946, by that
newspaper’s correspondent in Belgium.
Answer #20
Explanation:
Dollar Diplomacy
The term was originally coined by President Theodore Roosevelt. It was also
used in Liberia, where American loans were given in 1913. It was then
known as a dollar diplomacy because of the money that made it possible to
pay soldiers without having to fight; most would agree it was a considerably
meager wage.