History 9: End of the Year Challenge

The Han Dynasty created a government style that lasted for over 1000 years. What are the key features of this style?

The image of the Hall of Supreme Harmony at the Forbidden City most emphasizes which idea?

What was the major resource of New France?

Which 9th grade moderator has worked at NCDS the longest?

King_____ is known as the richest man in the world. He made a hajji to Mecca in 1324, during which he gave away gold.

Which of the following philosophers theorized about separation of political power?

The decline of the Ming Dynasty was due to

Which of the following were true about Suleiman?

Mr. Guzman teaches history 9 and what other high school course?

Which scientist used the telescope to determine that heavenly bodies are not perfect?

In response to the threat of Mongol invasion, China created the_____

What year was Newton Country Day School Founded?

A Social Awareness that impels to action is....

Which 9th grade moderator is an alumna of NCDS?

What is Ms. Hooper's first name?

Who were the janissaires?

Which was the first dynasty in Ancient China?

What is Bushido?

Which of the following was an effect of the Little Ice Age?

What was the Harem?

Prior to the printing press why were medieval manuscripts so expensive?

Instead of relying soley on the church's teachings, Humanists increasingly turned to which literary source?

What would be evidence that a Chinese leader no longer had the right to rule in China

Which religious reformer believed in predestination?

Thomas Jefferson borrowed heavely from which Enlightenment thinker when writing the Declaration of Independence?

Which nation was famous for Kabuki theater?

The following painting is an example of which artistic technique?

What are the core ideas of Confucisanism

Which dynasty united ancient China after the Warring States Period?

When Christopher Columbus landed in Hispaniola, which tribe did he encounter?

All of the following were reasons that Islam spread quickly EXCEPT

What strategies did the Ming Emperors use to gain control over China?

All of the following are core Confucian values EXCEPT

Who argued AGAINST the cruel treatment of Native Americans by the Spanish?

What is the name of the 10th grade dean?

Who famously nailed the 95 Thesis to the door of the Castle Church on October 31, 1517?

Why do Muslims not depict the face of the prophet Muhammad in art?

The part of the Triangle Trade where slaves were transported to the New World was known as

Which 9th-grade moderator taught at Mount Alvernia before coming to NCDS?

What was the importance of Mansa Musa's pilgrimage to Mecca?

What is the significance of the Epic of Sundiata?

Which achievement helped Ghana become such a powerful state?

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 resulted in all of the following except

In 1452, Mehmet II & his Ottoman soldiers breach the walls of Constantinople. What was the importance of Constantinople?

Which French king famously converted to Catholicism stating "Paris is worth a mass."

"As soon as the offer rings, a soul from purgatory springs" refers to the sale by the Catholic church of

The Peace of Augsburg (1555)

The vernacular is

Who did medieval people blame for causing the Black Death?

Why was salt so valuable?

Who was a leader of the Catholic Counter-Reformation who founded the Jesuits?

In the Ottoman Empire, how was the next sultan chosen?

Who created the printing press?

Which monarch revoked the Edict of Nantes in 1685?

What is the origin of the Sunni-Shi'a division in Islam?

Who founded the Ottomans?

Famously broke with the Catholic Church when the Pope refused to let him divorce his wife, Catherine of Aragon

The Sunni-Shia divide is still prevalent today in the Middle East

Which of the 9th-grade moderators does NOT have an office in Room 1

Which scientist developed the theory of the heliocentric universe?

Which 9th-grade moderator sings in the faculty ensemble?