FINAL GEOPARTY

FINAL GEOPARTYFINAL GEOPARTY

CLASS CLASS WARFARE WARFARE EDITIONEDITION

RULES

Five teams per class Each team gets one point for each correct answer The class with the highest amount of points at the end of

day wins– Each class will answer the same amount of questions

NO collaboration between teams!– Each SUSPECTED collaboration deducts all points for the round

from final score– Each complaint at suspected collaboration verdict deducts all

points from the previous round from final score Ms. Mattie is the judge

– End of story

Question 1

During the Pilgrimage to Mecca, what building specifically do Muslims circle?

Answer 1

Kaaba

Question 2

When and where was Muhammad’s “Night of Power”?

Answer 2

Mt Hira, 610 CE

Question 3

What are the 5 pillars of Islam?

Answer 3

Shahadah (Creed) Salat (daily Worship) Alms-Levy (Give to Charity) Fast during Ramadan Hajj (Pilgrimage)

Question 4

This group of people is advocating for an independent state in current Northern Iraq, Southeastern Turkey and Northwestern Iran.

1) Name the people 2) Name the state

Answer 4

Kurds Kurdistan

Question 5

What fundamentalist sect did Osama Bin Laden belong to?

Answer 5

Wahhabism

Question 6

Define Arab

Answer 6

Arab is an ethno-linguistic category, identifying people who speak the Arabic language as their mother tongue (or in the case of immigrants, for example, whose parents or grandparents spoke the Arabic language.

Question 7

Name 3 countries that had regime changes during the Arab Spring IN ORDER from first to last:

Answer 7

Tunisia Egypt Libya

Question 8

Which terrorist group’s major goals are to 1) establish a Palestinian state and 2) establish an Islamic state in all of Israel

Answer 8

Hamas

Question 9

What flags make up the Union Jack? – Specifically!!!

Answer 9

St George (England) St Andrew (Scotland) St Patrick (Ireland)

Question 10

The Qur’an means:

Answer 10

Recitation

Question 11

_________________ is the right to decide your political future.

Answer 11

Self-determination

Question 12

Who wants:– The borders of ‘67– The land of ‘67

Answer 12

Borders of 1967:– Palestine

Land of 1967– Israel

Question 13

What treaty regulates Egypt’s irrigation of the Nile River?

Answer 13

Nile Basin Initiative

Question 14

Name the 6 official languages of the UN

Answer 14

English Spanish French Russian Mandarin Chinese Arabic

Question 15

What document stated UK support for a Jewish homeland?

Answer 15

Balfour Declaration

Question 16

Name 2 non-member observer states to the UN

Answer 16

Palestine Holy See

Question 17

Name the 4 specific castes (varnas), and the group of people below the caste system (Varna #5)– IN ORDER!

Answer 17

Question 18

Currently, some Sikhs are advocating for their own country. What would they like it to be called?

Answer 18

Khalistan

Question 19

Define Anthropogenic This is why I’m

hot

Answer 19

Caused by humans

Question 20

Name the Hindu trinity

Answer 20

Brahma Shiva Vishnu

Question 21

From 1947-1971, what exactly was Bangladesh called?

Answer 21

East Pakistan

Question 22

What event led to the transfer of power in India from the British East India Co. to the British Crown in 1857-58?

Answer 22

Sepoy Rebellion

Question 23

What is the last name for every Sikh:– Man– Woman

Answer 23

Singh Kaur

Question 24

Who said: “It doesn't matter the color of the cat, as long as it catches the mouse.”

Answer 24

Deng Xiaoping

Question 25

The following is an excerpt from which text:

“Without the efforts of the CCP, without the Chinese Communists as the mainstay of the Chinese people, China can never achieve independence”

~Chairman Mao

Answer 25

Little Red Book

Question 26

What is another name for Nationalists? (After the Chinese civil war they fled to Taiwan under Chang Kai Shek)

Answer 26

Kuomintang

Question 27

Hong Kong operates as a limited democracy, its motto known as:

Answer 27

One country, two systems Or…

SAR: Special Administrative Region

Question 28

From 1949-1971, the UN, USA, and others recognized Taiwan as the legitimate China, calling Taiwan __________.

Answer 28

ROC: Republic of China

Question 29

Name the Islamic ethnic group who lives in China’s Northwest Xinjiang Province.

Answer 29

Uighers

Question 30

What is the ONE CHINA POLICY?

Answer 30

The One-China policy states that the People's Republic of China (PRC) is the sole legitimate government of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. All countries seeking diplomatic relations with the PRC must acknowledge this policy and refrain from maintaining official relations with Taiwan.

Question 31

The last of the Romanov’s were executed during which revolution? (Month & Year)

Answer 31

October, 1917

Question 32

What is the name of Yeltsin’s economic reform post USSR?

Answer 32

Shock Therapy

Question 33

What was Stalin's plan of forced industrialization called?

Answer 33

5 Year Plans

Question 34

Define Glastnost and Perestroika

Answer 34

Glasnost: openness Perestroika: Economic Restructuring

Question 35

Before working in Putin’s administration and being chosen as his successor, Medvedev was the chair of which state owned company?

Answer 35

Gazprom

Question 36

After a 2008 amendment, in effect now, how long is each presidential term limit in Russia?

Answer 36

Six years

Question 37

SpecificallySpecifically what chant is preformed by the All-Blacks before rugby matches?

Answer 37

The Kai-mate Haka

Question 38

What is the most prominent constellation in the Southern Hemisphere?

Answer 38

Southern Cross

Question 39

Which treaty was meant to settle land disputes between Maori and the British?

Answer 39

Treaty of Waitangi

Question 40

Which Dinka group fought for independence from the North in the 2nd Sudanese Civil War?

Answer 40

SPLA – Sudanese People’s Liberation Army

Question 41

What leader has a warrant for their arrest by the ICC?

Answer 41

Omar al-Bashir

Question 42

What was the immediate catalyst (specific!) for the Soweto uprising in 1976?

Answer 42

The forced teaching of Afrikaans

Question 43

Who is the Islamic terrorist group in Northern Nigeria responsible for recently abducting 276 school girls?

Answer 43

Boko Haram

Question 44

What war, which killed 3 million people, produced more casualties than any conflict post WWII?

Answer 44

DRC’s Civil War– 1998-2003– Africa’s World War

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