Social Studies Challenge

The philosopher Confucius was born during the Zhou dynasty.

Wu Wang started this dyansty:

This hero from Disney works with his Merry Men to help the poor:

The Crusades are best defined as a:

Flooding from the Huang He can cause:

This Enlightenment thinker believed in the freedoms of speech and religion:

The San Diego Chicken is the mascot of what professional sports team:

What breaks yet never falls, and what falls yet never breaks?

The cartoon character lives in a pineapple under the sea:

This pig lives with Daddy Pig, Mommy Pig, and her little brother George:

Outlines a way to live according to the Buddha's teachings.

Archaeologists found this woman's tomb in Anyang who was a military leader and wife of a Shang king.

I shave every day, but my beard stays the same. What am I?

Klement's Racing Sausages are the mascots of what professional sports team?

This ruler made a deal with Saladin to end the Third Crusade:

This football team is the best one to represent the tri-state area:

Batman's real name is:

A man dies of old age on his 25 birthday. How is this possible?

This DC super hero wields a lasso that forces her captives to tell the truth:

The first Shang's capital was located in:

Under the Shang, most Chinese people were farmers who worked on lands owned by nobles.

Rich yellow soil that comes from the Huang He when the wind blows into the water as it flows east:

This game had a recent event called "The Device"

This religion teaches ahimsa

This explorer was the first to find an all water route to Asia by sailing around Africa and across the Indian Ocean:

The first paragraph in an essay is called an:

This is the strongest block in Minecraft:

The belief that the soul survives death to be reborn into another body:

What would you find in the middle of Toronto?

The Huang He killed thousands of people which is why it is also called:

"Into the Spider Verse" centers around a character called:

This ruler had a song dedicated to him by Herman's Hermits

The Gorilla is the mascot of what professional sports team?

The Mahabharata and the Ramayana are both

This Marvel super hero wields a shield showing a country's flag:

Vaisyas are

I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves. What am I?

Sourdough Sam is the mascot of what professional sports team?

I turn once, what is out will not get in. I turn again, what is in will not get out. What am I?

Shang writing used simple pictures to stand for objects and ideas. This was called:

A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?

You have three stoves: A gas stove, a wood stove, and a coal stove, but only one match. Which should you light first?

This merchant, explorer, and navigator discovered the Amazon River:

What word of five letters has one left when two are removed?

The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching

Superman and Supergirl can be weakened by:

This Enlightenment thinker believed in the separation of powers:

This Enlightenment thinker believed in the social contract theory:

"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?" was from what Disney movie:

An advancement of the Zhou was:

This Italian navigator commissioned by Henry VII discovered the coast of North America:

As the Chinese learned to store or save surplus food, this led to:

Chinese farmers tried to control flooding by building:

He became a Buddhist when he saw thousands of people killed on the battlefield.

This Enlightenment thinker believed monarchs are not chosen by god :

Shang troops conquered neighboring states by using:

This means enlightened one

Samudragupta increased the power of the Gupta empire but did not govern directly as

This Disney hero could have been studied as part of one of our units:

I am a number with a couple of friends, quarter a dozen, and you'll find me again. What am I?