HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9 – 10
Round 4
Thursday, December 15, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #1:
Explanation:
Renaissance
It is the 14th to the 17th century in the European history. The word
Renaissance literally mean "Rebirth" in French, first appeared in English
in the 1830s. This period encompassed innovative flowering of Latin and
vernacular literatures
Answer #2:
Explanation:
Geoffrey Chaucer
He is an author, philosopher, astronomer, and known as the Father of
English literature. His work is crucial in legitimizing the literary use of
the Middle English vernacular at a time when the dominant literary
languages in England were French and Latin.
Answer #3:
Explanation:
Europe
World War I was a global war originating in Europe. More than 70 million
military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilized in
one of the largest wars in history.
Answer #4:
Explanation:
League of Nations (LN) or La Societe des Nations (SDN)
It was the first international organization whose principal mission was to
maintain world peace. Its primary goals included preventing wars
through collective security and disarmament and settling international
disputes through negotiation and arbitration.
Answer #5:
Explanation:
World War I
The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of
Word War I. Of the many provisions in the treaty, one of the most
important and controversial required Germany to accept the
responsibility of Germany and her allies for causing all the loss and
damage during the war.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9 – 10
Round 4
Thursday, December 15, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #6:
Explanation:
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
He was a French general who was born at Morlaix in Brittany. Before his
death, his last words was “Soyez tranquilles, messierus; c’est mon sort”
which means “Be calm, gentlemen; this is my fate.”
Answer #7:
Explanation:
Jules Michelet
He wrote the Histoire de France also known as the History of France
wherein he first introduce and define the word Renaissance. His family is
known for the Huguenot traditions. Huguenot is a designation for a
French Protestant or ethno-religious group who follows the Reformed
tradition.
Answer #8:
Explanation:
Three Alls Policy
This policy was designed as retaliation against the Chinese for the
Communist-led Hundred Regiments in December 1940. The word “alls”
means, “kill all, burn all, loot all.”
Answer #9:
Explanation:
Genocide
Genocide is from a Greek word “genos” which means birth, kind, or race,
and an English suffix “-cide”. It is a scholarly and international legal
definition by Raphael Lemkin in 1944. It is a policy of extermination of
difference in ethnic, religious, or racial groups.
Answer #10:
Explanation:
Napoleon Bonaparte
As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 until 1814, and
again in 1815. He dominated European and global affairs for more than a
decade while leading France against a series of coalitions in the
Napoleonic Wars.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9 – 10
Round 4
Thursday, December 15, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #11:
Explanation:
Yasuji Okamura
Aside from being the general of the Imperial Japanese Army and
commander-in-chief of the China Expeditionary Army, Okamura is also
known as the commander of the Operation Ichicgo. It was a campaign of
a series of major battles between the Imperial Japanese Army forces and
the National Revolutionary Army of China.
Answer #12:
Explanation:
Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam is sometimes called as Uncle Sugar. It was supposedly named
for Samuel Wilson. He was a meat packer from Troy, New York whose
name is purportedly the source of the personification of the US.
Answer #13:
Explanation:
Neolithic Revolution
It was was a fundamental change in the way people lived. The shift from
hunting & gathering to agriculture led to permanent settlements, the
establishment of social classes, and the eventual rise of civilizations.
Answer #14:
Explanation:
David Livingstone
He is a Scottish missionary and explorer who believed to have been the
first European to view Victoria Falls on November 16, 1855. He named
his discovery in honor of Queen Victoria of Britain, which recently
change to Mosi-oa-Tunya, which means the smoke that thunders.
Answer #15:
Explanation:
6th
King Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Babylonian Dynasty. He
reigns from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. He is known for the Code of
Hammurabi, one of the earliest surviving codes of law in history.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9 – 10
Round 4
Thursday, December 15, 2016
The use of calculator is not required.
Answer #16:
Explanation:
John White
He was an English artist and early pioneer of English efforts to settle
North America. In 1587, he became governor of Sir Walter Raleigh’s
failed attempt at a permanent settlement on Roanoke Island.
Answer #17:
Explanation:
Confucianism
It was developed by Mencius from the teachings of the Chinese
philosopher Confucius. It is considereds as a system of philosophical and
ethical teachings.
Answer #18:
Explanation:
Athenian government during Golden Age
Pericles was the ruler of Athens during its Golden Age, when the
democratic process in Athens was at its height. He was a prominent and
influential Greek statesman and general during that age.
Answer #19:
Explanation:
Shogun
The term shogun was a hereditary military dictator in Japan from 1185
to 1868. It was a title granted by Emperor to the country’s top military
commander.
Answer #20:
Explanation:
blue, white, and red
The national flag of France is a tricolor flag featuring three vertical bands
colored blue, white, and red. Blue and red are the traditional colors of
Paris; it is associated with the Virgin Mary, the patroness of France.
White was added to the revolutionary colors of the militia cockade to
nationalize the design.