WSC 2023 Global Round Bowl Practice 4

Question 1

The Mongols conquered some parts of Central Europe, but they stopped conquering the Europe & went to Middle East. Why?

Accepted Answer

Harsh climate & famine

Question 2

What is the meaning of Luddite?

Accepted Answer

Someone who opposes technological progress

Question 3

The Mennonites in Belize is similar to the Luddites.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

What is the name of the city where a team of archaeologists found the remains of King Richard III?

Accepted Answer

Leicester

Question 5

The Abbasid Caliphate&#x27;s House of Wisdom, was destroyed when the Mongols swept by on their way to ... and back again

Accepted Answer

Hungary

Question 6

A scientific method that can accurately determine the age of organic materials as old as approximately 60,000 years.

Accepted Answer

carbon dating

Question 7

The Luddites took their name from ...... who destroyed the machines they saw as threatening their livelihoods.

Accepted Answer

19th-century English textile workers

Question 8

The science dealing with the dating & study of the annual growth increments/tree rings, in woody trees & shrubs is .....

Accepted Answer

dendrochronology

Question 9

The interpretation of the past from outside the archaeological science community is called the followings, except .....

Accepted Answer

Supranatural / Alien archaeology

Question 10

The Abbasid Caliphate&#x27;s House of Wisdom was an ancient library located in ..... during the Golden age of Islam.

Accepted Answer

Baghdad - Iraq

Question 11

Who did burn the Library of Alexandria?

Accepted Answer

Unknown

Question 12

Modern analysis showed that Richard III had a common form of ......... that might not have been plainly visible.

Accepted Answer

Scoliosis

Question 13

What would they build on the site where remains of Richard III were found?

Accepted Answer

A monument

Question 14

Gandhara was known for its ..... style of art, which rendered Buddhist subjects with Greek techniques

Accepted Answer

Greco-Buddhist

Question 15

The followings are European countries that were conquered by the Mongols, except .....

Accepted Answer

France

Question 16

How was the House of Wisdom destroyed?

Accepted Answer

by dumping an entire ancient library into the river Tigris

Question 17

The followings show the greatness of America in the 1950s, except .....

Accepted Answer

A man with only a middle-school diploma could support a wife and family

Question 18

The Abbasid Caliphate&#x27;s House of Wisdom was destroyed by .....

Accepted Answer

The Mongols

Question 19

Here is the footprint of possibly the fastest man in history, left by ..... who crossed a muddy wetland.

Accepted Answer

an Aboriginal hunter

Question 20

Shakespeare described King Richard III as a ......

Accepted Answer

Poisonous bunch-backed toad

Question 21

In 2012, the remains of the British monarch Richard III who died in battle in 1485, was found under ....

Accepted Answer

a parking lot

Question 22

A branch of archaeology that studies remains of animals from archaeological sites is called .....

Accepted Answer

All are correct

Questions 22