HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9-10
Round 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Answer #1:
Explanation:
Africa, Asia and Europe
Because of the continents’ close proximity to each other, the populations of
Africa, Asia and Europe were able to move relatively freely across them.
Until the fifteenth century C.E., North and South America remained isolated
from the other continents.
Answer #2:
Explanation:
Mediterranean
It is one of the most important bodies of water in the history of many
European, African and Middle Eastern cultures.
Answer #3:
Explanation:
Bronze
It gave way to iron, a stronger and more easily worked metal.
Answer #4:
Explanation:
Phoenicians
Their alphabet consists of twenty-two letters, all of which are consonants
and follow an order similar to the Ugaritic alphabet. The Phoenician
alphabet is particularly important because it served as the basis for the
subsequent development of numerous other alphabets.
Answer #5:
Explanation:
Inferior to men
One of the ironies of ancient Greek culture is that, while the Greeks
originated democracy as a form of government, they treated women as
inferiors. Even in Sparta, where women had more rights than most, they
were not equal.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9-10
Round 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Answer #6:
Explanation:
Silk Road
While overland trade routes crossed the Sahara, the Silk Road was longer,
joined a greater variety of societies and transported a larger assortment of
goods.
Answer #7:
Explanation:
North America
The Bering Strait joins the northeastern tip of Asia with Alaska. The
Americas are thought to have been settled by Asiatic nomads crossing over
the land bridge that used to exist there.
Answer #8:
Explanation:
Paleolithic
The Paleolithic period dates from prior to 8000 BCE and most noted by
human migration from Africa to Eurasia, Australia and the Americas.
Answer #9:
Explanation:
Neolithic Revolution
Beginning about 10,000 years ago, the Neolithic Revolution directed the
way to the increase of novel and more intricate economic and social
systems, including pastoralism and agricultural communities.
Answer #10:
Explanation:
5,000 years ago
Historical accounts rely on texts and inscriptions. Writing is only 5,000 years
old, and even where it survives it is so fragmentary that it cannot possibly
answer the range of questions we need answered about the constitution of
societies, their origins and dynamics.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9-10
Round 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Answer #11:
Explanation:
Pastoralists
Like most independent farmers, they normally had contacts with
neighboring civilizations through warfare, commerce and the exchange of
religious and technical ideas.
Answer #12:
Explanation:
Nubia
Trade become more extensive throughout this period from local to regional
and trans-regional. Civilizations exchanged goods, cultural ideas, and
technology, including between Egypt and Nubia.
Answer #13:
Explanation:
Hinduism
All Hindus claim that their religion is “vedic” and that they follow the
vaidika dharma. It denotes a way of life, inherited from ancestors, and a
specific understanding of the world that is an essential element of all
Hinduism.
Answer #14:
Explanation:
Confucianism
It is centralized around the core concept of humanism. Humanism is a
philosophy or practice that is based on human values and concerns. It’s
believed that humans are able to improve themselves through teachings
and self-creation.
Answer #15:
Explanation:
The spread of crops
The spread of crops, including rice and cotton from South Asia to the
Middle East promoted transformation in farming and irrigation techniques.
HighFour World History
Category C: Grades 9-10
Round 1
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Answer #16:
Explanation:
Buddhism
Ashoka Maurya is famous as a great conqueror who became so remorseful
after his bloody conquest of a great civilization (Kalinga), he converted to
Buddhism.
Answer #17:
Explanation:
Mahatma Gandhi
He was a famous Indian leader by the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
and he was among the greatest social and political reformers of recent
times. His selflessness earned him the honorary title Mahatma, a Hindi
word meaning ‘great soul’.
Answer #18:
Explanation:
Athenian government during the Golden Age
Pericles was the ruler of Athens during its Golden Age, when the
democratic process in Athens was at its height.
Answer #19:
Explanation:
Ho Chi Minh, Jomo Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah
They are the leaders of anti-colonial independence movements in (North)
Vietnam, Kenya and Ghana.
Answer #20:
Explanation:
Soviet Union
Student protests and social unrest were a worldwide epidemic in the 1960s.