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medieval world part 1 jeopardy questions
{"questions": [
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 100,
"question": "On this date Charles Martel stopped an invading army.",
"answer": "What is 732?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 200,
"question": "On this date, Augustus Romulus was killed.",
"answer": "What is 476?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 300,
"question": "On this date the Umayyad emperor was no more.",
"answer": "What is 750?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 400,
"question": "On this date Iberia was changed for ever",
"answer": "what is 711?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 500,
"question": "On this date the Crusading armies reached Constantinople",
"answer": "What is 1097?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 600,
"question": "On this date the leader of a new religion was born",
"answer": "what is 570?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 700,
"question": "Jerusalem was conquered by the Turks",
"answer": "what is 1075?"
},
{
"category": "Dates with 7",
"value": 800,
"question": "On this date Roman Emperor Valens was killed",
"answer": "What is 378?"
},
{
"category": "Monks",
"value": 100,
"question": "Benedict established a monastery on this Italian hillside",
"answer": "What is Monte Cassino?"
},
{
"category": "Monks",
"value": 200,
"question": "This was the central virtue in Benedict's rule",
"answer": "What is humility?"
},
{
"category": "Monks",
"value": 300,
"question": "In 909 this reform order was founded",
"answer": "What is Cluny?"
},
{
"category": "Monks",
"value": 400,
"question": "These were churches and monasteries that payed homage to a local lord, who in turn controlled who became bishops and abbots of said churches and monasteries.",
"answer": "What are proprietary churches/monasteries?"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 100,
"question": "These kings had long hair.",
"answer": "Who are the Merovingians?"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 200,
"question": "This Pope crowned an emperor on Christmas Day",
"answer": "Who is Pope Leo III?"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 300,
"question": "In the Summer of 1095 this emperor called for help",
"answer": "Who is Alexios I"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 400,
"question": "He dethroned the child king Augustulus Romulus",
"answer": "Who is Odavacer?"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 500,
"question": "This warrior united the Frankish clans for the first time",
"answer": "Who is Clovis I?"
},
{
"category": "People in Charge",
"value": 600,
"question": "He really didn't like Gregory VII",
"answer": "Who is Henry IV?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 100,
"question": "He was the Hammer",
"answer": "Who was Charles Martel?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 200,
"question": "His reign was marked by Viking raids, civil war, and disintegration.",
"answer": "Who was Louis the Pious?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 300,
"question": "It divided the Carolingian empire into three parts",
"answer": "What is the Treaty of Verdun?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 400,
"question": "After the division of the empire, he ruled the eastern third of the empire.",
"answer": "Who is Louis the German?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 500,
"question": "After the division of the empire, he ruled the western third of the empire",
"answer": "Who is Charles the Bald?"
},
{
"category": "Carolingians",
"value": 600,
"question": "The eldest son of Louis the Pious",
"answer": "Who is Lothar?"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 100,
"question": "This was constructed after Alaric sacked Rome",
"answer": "What is the Theodosian wall?"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 200,
"question": "This empire attacked Constantinople in 626 with the help of the Avars and the Slavs",
"answer": "Who are the Sassanids"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 300,
"question": "The Crusader Baldwin took over this Eastern city instead of heading on to Jerusalem",
"answer": "What is Edessa?"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 400,
"question": "This emperor helped established important law codes and had a plagued named after him.",
"answer": "Who is Justinian?"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 500,
"question": "This Battle marked the end of Byzantine power in Anatolia",
"answer": "What is the battle of Manzikert?"
},
{
"category": "In the East",
"value": 600,
"question": "This Emperor and his son hated pictures",
"answer": "Who is Emperor Leo III?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 100,
"question": "This was the dominant tribe who controlled Mecca during the life of Muhammad",
"answer": "Who are the Quraish?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 200,
"question": "These Muslims believe that Ali was the appointed successor of Muhammad",
"answer": "Who are the Shiites?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 300,
"question": "In 10 years, he expanded the Islamic empire to include Persia and most of the Mediterranean",
"answer": "Who is Umar?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 400,
"question": "This is the name for Muhammad's flight from Mecca to Medina",
"answer": "What is the Hijra"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 500,
"question": "The Sunna of the Prophet are found here?",
"answer": "What is the hadith?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 600,
"question": "This library and translation center was established in Baghdad under the Abbasids in the 9th century.",
"answer": "What is the house of wisdom?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 700,
"question": "He was the first Islamic Caliph and father of Muhammad's wife Aisha",
"answer": "Who is Abu Baker?"
},
{
"category": "Islam",
"value": 800,
"question": "He helped established the science of Fiqh and the regulation of the hadith literature",
"answer": "Who is Al-Shafi"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 100,
"question": "These reforms split the empire",
"answer": "What are the Diocletian Reforms?"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 200,
"question": "This barbarian tribe sacked Rome in 410",
"answer": "Who are the Visigoths?"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 300,
"question": "This is the century of Roman imperial crisis.",
"answer": "What is the third century?"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 400,
"question": "During the crises of the 3rd century (and after) Roman power shifted from its traditional home to these places",
"answer": "What are the provinces?"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 500,
"question": "At this council, a specific brand of Christianity was established and promoted by the Roman Imperium.",
"answer": "What is the council of Nicaea?"
},
{
"category": "Falling Rome",
"value": 600,
"question": "This edict established Christianity as a Roman State religion",
"answer": "What is the Edict of Thessalonica (380)?"
}
]}
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