Rules of Jeopardy

1. Everyone will work in pairs, with one recording paper for each group.

2. Your recording paper should have your names at the top and a table that

contains: the category of the question, the point value, the answer and the

total point for the team. (see example) This table must be turned in at the

end of class for class participation credit…

3. The team with the most points wins….

4. If anyone should shout out an answer then everyone in the class will not be

eligible to receive the points for the question And your group will lose 50

points

5. How the points add up

Correct answers add the assigned point value to your total score,

incorrect answer do not subtract that point value from your score…

Question

Category

Point

value

Answer Total

score

Purpose of the Game • Your group’s objective is to identify the areas

or topics that you need to study or review

– At the end of the game you and your partner will

identify the questions that you got wrong and

identify which topics you need to review.

• Example

Powerpoint Jeopardy

German

Nationalism

Italian

Nationalism

Destructive

Nationalism

Imperialism in

Africa

Imperialism in

India & China

10 10 10 10 10

20 20 20 20 20

30 30 30 30 30

40 40 40 40 40

50 50 50 50 50

Who was the Chancellor of Prussia who

use conflict to unify the German States?

Who is….

Category 1 – 10 points

Otto van Bismark

Define Otto van Bismark’s policy of

Realpolitik.

Category 1 – 20 points

Belief in politics or diplomacy based on power rather than

principals (or doing what is morally right).

Which two countries did the German states go

To war with during their unification process?

Extra 10: What is the name of Bismark’s policy

That supported going to war to unify?

Category 1 – 30 points

Two countries: France and Austria

Extra 10: ‘Blood and Iron’

In the 1830s, Prussia created a union called

the Zollverein, which _____________

a. established German as the official

language.

b. established Frederick William IV as

king of a united German state.

c. removed tariff barriers between

German States

Category 1 – 40 points

C. Removed tariff barriers between German States

What are the Bundesrat and the

Reichstag in Germany?

Category 1 – 50 points

A two house legislative government created by

Bismark in the German constitution.

*The Bundesrat is the upper house & the Reichstag

is the lower house.

Who was the Prime Minister of

Sardinia who was one of the leaders of

Italian unification?

Category 2 – 10 points

Count Camillo Cavour

Who was the leader of the ‘Red Shirts,’

(a nationalist volunteer force that ‘invaded’

southern Italy and united North and South

to create a united Italy)?

Category 2 – 20 points

Giuseppe Garibaldi

What event signaled that Italy was at last a

united nation?

a. French withdrawal from Rome in 1870

b. the final defeat of Garibaldi’s Red

Shirts in 1860

c. Count Cavour’s triumphant return to

Sardinia in 1858

Category 2 – 30 points

A. The French had been protecting the Papal States in Rome.

When they withdraw their troops Italy claims the territory.

___________ was the king of the

united Italian States.

Category 2 – 40 points

King Victor Emmanuel

Before Italy unified which two

European nations controlled most

of the Italian peninsula?

Category 2 – 50 points

Austria and France

What old empire owned the

Balkans before the rise of

nationalism in the mid 1800s?

Category 3 – 10 points

The Ottoman Empire

What countries created a Dual

Monarchy, dividing an old empire

into two independent states with

one king?

Category 3 – 20 points

Austria and Hungary

Why was the Balkans known as the

‘powder keg of Europe’?

Category 3 – 30 points

The Balkans are an area that has many different ethnic groups who

wanted their own independent countries. Nationalistic conflicts in this

region would eventually help start World War 1.

What royal family ruled the Dual Monarchy?

Category 3 – 40 points

The Hapsburgs

Despite Tsar Alexander II freeing the

Serfs and instituting some reforms Russia

remained a very socially divided nation.

What event in 1905 prompted the

Russian people to try and overthrow their

Tsar?

Category 3 – 50 points

Bloody Sunday – Peaceful protesters were shot outside of the Tsars palace

What is the difference between

direct and indirect imperialism?

Category 4 – 10 points

Direct Imperialism is when the Western nation sends a

representative to run the colony directly and indirect

imperialism when the local rulers ran their own

countries with the ‘advice’ or Western nations.

The French used __________ type of

Imperialist rule, while the British

preferred ____________.

Category 4 – 20 points

Direct Imperialism, and Indirect Imperialism

Name one African ruler or nation that fought

against European Imperial Rule.

Extra 10: what were the 2 African nations

that remained independent?

Category 4 – 30 points

1. Shaka – leader of the Zulu tribe in South Africa

2. Usman dan Fodio – Islamic leader in northern Nigeria who

inspired uprisings against European rulers.

3. Samori Toure – The Algerian leader who fought the French

4. Menelik II – Ruler of Ethiopia who modernized his nation &

defeated the Italians

Extra 10: Ethiopia and Liberia

What theory did Europeans use to explain

their right to dominate other areas of the

World?

Category 4 – 40 points

Social Darwinism

What event began the ‘scramble for Africa’?

Category 4 – 50 points

King Leopold II of Belgium sent explorers to the

Congo to establish trade with African tribes.

Who were the Sepoy?

Category 5 – 10 points

Indian soldiers in the service of the British East Indian Company

In what way did India’s diversity help

the British take control?

a. India, with many cultures, could

not unite to resist the British

b. Indians fought against each other

rather than against the British

c. Some cultural groups supported

the British

Category 5 – 20 points

B. The British used divide and conquer tactics to make sure the

Indians fought each other.

Why did the Opium War start?

Category 5 – 30 points

Britain refused to stop selling Opium in China

What Asian nation resisted Western

rule, modernized their nation and

created their own imperialist empire?

Category 5 – 40 points

Japan

What policy was established in China

that required that Chinese trade be

kept open for everyone (Europe & the

US) on an equal basis?

Category 5 – 50 points

The Open Door Policy