Mystery Detectives

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Mr. V has disappeared. Can you solve the mystery?

Mr. Vanish Is the

Victim of Foul Play!

Mr. Vanish Is the

Victim of Foul Play!

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Mr. Late Mr. Late

The Suspects and Weapons

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Select a question and answer it correctly to obtain valuable clues to solve the mystery.

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Question 1- What two belief systems originating from 100 BCE-700 CE

claimed to apply to all people?

Question 1- What two belief systems originating from 100 BCE-700 CE

claimed to apply to all people?

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Question 2 – What West African city was the key entrepot for the gold-salt trade of Mali ?

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Question 3 – What trade routes were connected with Kilwa and Zanzibar?

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Question 4 – What Chinese entrepot was created by the Tang and Song at the southern end of the Grand Canal?

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Question 5 – What key Persian city in Iraq had the House of Wisdom built by the caliph?

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Question 6 – What trade entrepot controlled the straits between the Indian and Pacific Oceans?

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Question 7 – What northern Italian

city dominated European trade routes with Muslim territory after the

weakening of Constantinople in the 1200s?

Question 7 – What northern Italian

city dominated European trade routes with Muslim territory after the

weakening of Constantinople in the 1200s?

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Question 8 – What cultural hegemonic city in Mesoamerica was most

influential for the Maya?

Question 8 – What cultural hegemonic city in Mesoamerica was most

influential for the Maya?

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Question 9 – What Mississippian city

arose due to the need to supply mound-builders?

Question 9 – What Mississippian city

arose due to the need to supply mound-builders?

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Question 10 – What two key

innovations allowed more Central Asian interregional trade by 1000?

Question 10 – What two key

innovations allowed more Central Asian interregional trade by 1000?

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Question 11 – By 1000, what two

government practices typically helped the growth of commerce?

Question 11 – By 1000, what two

government practices typically helped the growth of commerce?

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Question 12 – From 700-1300, what

were at least three political hegemonies that drew new people into trade

networks?

Question 12 – From 700-1300, what

were at least three political hegemonies that drew new people into trade

networks?

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Question 13 – From 600-1100, what is a good example of a technology

designed to work with the environment in Northern Europe?

Question 13 – From 600-1100, what is a good example of a technology

designed to work with the environment in Northern Europe?

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Question 14 - From 600-1100, what is a good example of a technology

designed to work with the environment in the Middle East and North Africa?

Question 14 - From 600-1100, what is a good example of a technology

designed to work with the environment in the Middle East and North Africa?

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Question 15 – What two economic innovations occurred in the Dar

al’Islam?

Question 15 – What two economic innovations occurred in the Dar

al’Islam?

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Question 16 – Give two examples of

large-scale migrations in the 200-1000 which had considerable environmental

impacts…

Question 16 – Give two examples of

large-scale migrations in the 200-1000 which had considerable environmental

impacts…

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Question 17 – What are two examples of languages spread by migration from 500-1500?

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Question 18 – What two faiths inspired the acceptance of Christianity?

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Question 19 – What were two cultural influences of China on the Dar al’Islam from 700-1400 CE?

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Question 20 – Southeast Asia was influenced by what two cultures?

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Question 21 – What two technologies did the Dar al’Islam gain from China prior to the Pax Mongolica?

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Question 22 – What fields of

knowledge did Europeans gain from al-Andalus before 1400?

Question 22 – What fields of

knowledge did Europeans gain from al-Andalus before 1400?

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Question 23 – What two foods spread due to “Southernization” before 1300?

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Question 24 – What innovation did the Chinese dynasties of 700-1200 use to strengthen their command of the

Empire through strengthening their legitimacy?

Question 24 – What innovation did the Chinese dynasties of 700-1200 use to strengthen their command of the

Empire through strengthening their legitimacy?

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Question 25 – What religious concept did the Byzantine Emperors use to

legitimize their rule?

Question 25 – What religious concept did the Byzantine Emperors use to

legitimize their rule?

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Question 26 – When the Muslim Empire fractured, what were two resulting

political structures?

Question 26 – When the Muslim Empire fractured, what were two resulting

political structures?

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Question 27 – How were the Maya

similar to Northern Italy from 1000-1500?

Question 27 – How were the Maya

similar to Northern Italy from 1000-1500?

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Question 28 – What did the Abbasids have in common with Japan from 700-1000?

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Question 29 – What two regions are

known to be decentralized (“feudal”) in the 700-1200 time period?

Question 29 – What two regions are

known to be decentralized (“feudal”) in the 700-1200 time period?

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Question 30 – What two American

powers had created imperial states by 1450?

Question 30 – What two American

powers had created imperial states by 1450?

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Question 31 – What were two

perfected agricultural techniques that increased production in the Americas by 1000?

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Question 32 – What was an innovation that dramatically increased agricultural production in China by 900?

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Question 33 – What was a European innovation that dramatically increased agricultural production by 1200?

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Question 34 – What was one luxury

crop transported from one area to an equivalent climate in another area,

from 1000-1450?

Question 34 – What was one luxury

crop transported from one area to an equivalent climate in another area,

from 1000-1450?

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Question 35 – What two regions

expanded their production of textiles for the Indian Ocean markets of 800-1400?

Question 35 – What two regions

expanded their production of textiles for the Indian Ocean markets of 800-1400?

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Question 36 – What were two cultural transfers that took place between the Abbasids and the Tang Chinese?

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Question 37 – What Chinese product was highly valued in Japan before

1000?

Question 37 – What Chinese product was highly valued in Japan before

1000?

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Question 38 – What government form did Southeast Asia and East Africa

have in common between 500 and 1200?

Question 38 – What government form did Southeast Asia and East Africa

have in common between 500 and 1200?

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Question 39 – Nomadic invasions,

disease, and a decline of agricultural productivity led to declines of empires and a global decline of what from 200-700?

Question 39 – Nomadic invasions,

disease, and a decline of agricultural productivity led to declines of empires and a global decline of what from 200-700?

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Question 40 – From 600-1400, what was a common social characteristic of West Africans, Southeast Asians, and Mongols?

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Question 41 – What innovation in labor organization occurred in Western

Europe from 1200-1500?

Question 41 – What innovation in labor organization occurred in Western

Europe from 1200-1500?

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Question 42 – What labor system did Western Europe have from 700-1200 that was similar to Japan’s from 1100-1800?

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Question 43 – Warmer temperatures that led to increased agriculture,

paired with a revival of safe trade due to better transportation and less

invasions, led to what from 800-1300?

Question 43 – Warmer temperatures that led to increased agriculture,

paired with a revival of safe trade due to better transportation and less

invasions, led to what from 800-1300?

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Question 44 – The use of what labor force was intensified in Central Asia and the Eastern Mediterranean from 1000-1400?

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Question 45 – What Chinese innovation in philosophy placed women under much more stringent rules during the Song

and later Ming Dynasties?

Question 45 – What Chinese innovation in philosophy placed women under much more stringent rules during the Song

and later Ming Dynasties?

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Question 46 – What two belief systems of the medieval period emphasized

personal approaches, leading to

monastic life and sometimes more freedoms for women?

Question 46 – What two belief systems of the medieval period emphasized

personal approaches, leading to

monastic life and sometimes more freedoms for women?

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Question 47 – The Bubonic Plague of the 1300s led to what changes in

Western European labor forces?

Question 47 – The Bubonic Plague of the 1300s led to what changes in

Western European labor forces?

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Question 48 – What three innovations made transoceanic travel possible in

the later 1300s-mid 1400s?

Question 48 – What three innovations made transoceanic travel possible in

the later 1300s-mid 1400s?

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Question 49 – Gandharan art, with Buddhist figures portrayed in Greek humanist style, was a result of what?

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Question 50 –What change made Europeans much more important in Asian markets by 1600?

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Question 51 – What common problem did both Rome and Gupta India have that led to their decline?

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Question 52 – Most historians attribute the rapid pandemic nature of the

bubonic plague to what?

Question 52 – Most historians attribute the rapid pandemic nature of the

bubonic plague to what?

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Question 53 – What imperial

government appears to be the first to use government-built roads and cities built only for administration?

Question 53 – What imperial

government appears to be the first to use government-built roads and cities built only for administration?

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Question 54 – What technology did Japan adopt from China during the Tang Dynasty period?

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Question 55 – What South Asian

diffusion was the most significant for China from 1000-1200 CE?

Question 55 – What South Asian

diffusion was the most significant for China from 1000-1200 CE?

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Question 56 – What in West Africa offended the North African travel writer Ibn Battuta?

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Question 57 – What two types of

people were the most responsible for the spread of Islam?

Question 57 – What two types of

people were the most responsible for the spread of Islam?

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Question 58 – What Confucian ideals were threatened by Buddhism during the Tang Dynasty?

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philosophies that began in the period 600 BCE-300 BCE?

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Question 60 – What were two forms of faith that became significant in Asia

from 1200-1600?

Question 60 – What were two forms of faith that became significant in Asia

from 1200-1600?

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Question 61 – Merchant profits made funding what two new types of arts

possible from 1300-1800?

Question 61 – Merchant profits made funding what two new types of arts

possible from 1300-1800?

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Question 62 – What finished product was in such demand that peasant

agriculture was increased in China and Persia in the 1500s and 1600s?

Question 62 – What finished product was in such demand that peasant

agriculture was increased in China and Persia in the 1500s and 1600s?

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Question 63 – A government that

essentially does nothing would be likely to be influenced by what philosophy?

Question 63 – A government that

essentially does nothing would be likely to be influenced by what philosophy?

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Question 64 – Which two Chinese dynasties saw the development of

navigation equipment and ship designs such as the rudder and floating

bulkheads?

Question 64 – Which two Chinese dynasties saw the development of

navigation equipment and ship designs such as the rudder and floating

bulkheads?

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Question 65 – Mughal zamindars,

Japanese daimyo, and European service nobility like those with Louis XIV and Peter the Great, all experienced what new phenomenon?

Question 65 – Mughal zamindars,

Japanese daimyo, and European service nobility like those with Louis XIV and Peter the Great, all experienced what new phenomenon?

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Question 66 – What migrating group

brought iron technology to Central and South Africa?

Question 66 – What migrating group

brought iron technology to Central and South Africa?

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Question 67 – Arguments that rely on logic and evidence could be said to be influenced by what?

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Question 68 – What belief system spread the most to East Asia and Southeast Asia via the Silk Road routes?

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Question 69 – Name two of the

merchant diasporas in the Indian Ocean region?

Question 69 – Name two of the

merchant diasporas in the Indian Ocean region?

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Question 70 – What was a similarity

between Mayan, Safavid, and European leaders of the 1400s-1600s?

Question 70 – What was a similarity

between Mayan, Safavid, and European leaders of the 1400s-1600s?

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Question 71 – What are two examples of how centralized governments tried to control their militaries in the

1600s-1700s?

Question 71 – What are two examples of how centralized governments tried to control their militaries in the

1600s-1700s?

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Question 72 – Indian Ocean trade

routes resulted in the formation of a new language in East Africa known as what?

Question 72 – Indian Ocean trade

routes resulted in the formation of a new language in East Africa known as what?

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Question 73 – What are two examples of Asian land-based empires that

expanded dramatically in the 1500s-1700s?

Question 73 – What are two examples of Asian land-based empires that

expanded dramatically in the 1500s-1700s?

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Question 74 – What non-African group is believed by some historians to have brought the plantain/banana to the

African region?

Question 74 – What non-African group is believed by some historians to have brought the plantain/banana to the

African region?

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Question 75 – Large plantations requiring government or bank

investments were characteristic of which Indian Ocean crop?

Question 75 – Large plantations requiring government or bank

investments were characteristic of which Indian Ocean crop?

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Question 76 – What two Asian land empires battled in the 1500s over religious issues?

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Question 77 – What was the Andean innovation in agricultural technology?

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Question 78 – Who was most

responsible for an increase in Chinese participation in Indian Ocean trade in the 1400s?

Question 78 – Who was most

responsible for an increase in Chinese participation in Indian Ocean trade in the 1400s?

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Question 79 – What social class

emerged in Western Europe with the

increase of Mediterranean trade after 1200?

Question 79 – What social class

emerged in Western Europe with the

increase of Mediterranean trade after 1200?

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Question 80 – What were the four most significant trade routes from 600-1450?

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Jolly Good!

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The Culprit Just Slipped Past

You!

The Culprit Just Slipped Past

You!

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The Study

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The Dressing Room

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The Bedroom

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The Living Room

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The Kitchen

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