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QR Challenge: SSWH6,7,8

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Teacher Notes

A. Prior to the lesson:

1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.

2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to

3. Print out the QR codes.

4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.

B. The lesson:

1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.

2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.

3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!

C. TIPS / OTHER IDEAS

4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.

Questions / Answers (teacher reference)

Question

Answer

1. This is a different group of people that shared a common culture. Farmers and ironworkers; Their slash and burn style of farming forced them to move every few years, but after hundreds of years they settled in southern Africa and introduced agriculture to areas they settled and passed through.Bantu
2. Rulers in the region gained wealth by taxing traders that crossed their area. Through wealth, the region developed into a kingdom where salt and gold was traded and taxed. Islam spread throughout the kingdom-Muslims eventually attacked the area disrupting trade and left the kingdom in ruins.Ghana
3. This kingdom became established in the early 1200s when several kingdoms were united after the fall of the Ghana Empire. They became wealthy through the salt and gold trade, but their power began to weaken after succession to the throne was disrupted.Mali
4. This is the first great leader of Mali, who established a strong government (finance, defense, and foreign affairs). He made travel through the kingdom safe and reestablished a strong gold/salt trade.Sundiata
5. He was the Emperor of Mali who made a pilgrimage to Mecca, and gave out vast amounts of gold along his way. He brought back Muslim scholars and architects, who built mosques, libraries, and universities. As a result, Timbuktu became a center of Muslim culture.Mansa Musa
6. The largest and last West African Empire. It took over territories from the weakened Mali Empire, eventually replacing it with a well governed empire with a large military. The empire collapsed after Moroccan invaders with gunpowder and cannons defeated them.Songhai
7. This was mined in the western sub-Sahara: supplying about 66% of the world’s supply.Gold
8. The sub-Sahara lacked ___________ that was essential for preserving food.Salt
9. Describe the trading networks by examining trans-Saharan trade in gold and salt.answer
10. Describe the slave trade in the trans-Saharan.answer
11. The blending of religions through conquest or trade.answer
12. A system based on rights and obligations, where the king was at the top of the system with landless peasants at the bottom.answer
13. The _______________, were bound by law to stay on the land and grow food and serve those above them.Peasants
14. In feudalism, the _______________ was supposed to protect the peasants.King
15. A manor was the king’s estate. A self contained system where the king provided housing and land, and in return the peasants took care of the king’s land.manorial system
16. He was emperor of the Frankish Kingdom (Germany), and was crowned “Roman Emperor” by the pope, joining Germany with the Roman Catholic Church. He limited the power of the nobles, and developed schools for the wealthy. His most important contribution is that he united most of Western Europe under one ruler.King Henry IV
17. In 1075, this man banned the practice of kings appointing Catholic bishops.answer
18. When Pope Gregory VII banned the practice of Kings appointing Catholic bishops, what did Henry VII do?answer
19. What was Pope Gregory VII's reaction?answer
20. What did Henry do upon the Pope's reaction?answer
21. Explain the role of the church in medieval society.answer
22. Describe how increasing trade led to the growth of towns and cities in Medieval Europe.answer

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_a_different_group_of_people_that_shared_a_common_culture._Farmers_and_ironworkers;_Their_slash_and_burn_style_of_farming_forced_them_to_move_every_few_years,_but_after_hundreds_of_years_they_settled_in_southern_Africa_and_introduced_agriculture_to_areas_they_settled_and_passed_through.

Question 1 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Rulers_in_the_region_gained_wealth_by_taxing_traders_that_crossed_their_area._Through_wealth,_the_region_developed_into_a_kingdom_where_salt_and_gold_was_traded_and_taxed._Islam_spread_throughout_the_kingdom-Muslims_eventually_attacked_the_area_disrupting_trade_and_left_the_kingdom_in_ruins.

Question 2 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_kingdom_became_established_in_the_early_1200s_when_several_kingdoms_were_united_after_the_fall_of_the_Ghana_Empire._They_became_wealthy_through_the_salt_and_gold_trade,_but_their_power_began_to_weaken_after_succession_to_the_throne_was_disrupted.

Question 3 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_is_the_first_great_leader_of_Mali,_who_established_a_strong_government_(finance,_defense,_and_foreign_affairs)._He_made_travel_through_the_kingdom_safe_and_reestablished_a_strong_gold/salt_trade.

Question 4 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_was_the_Emperor_of_Mali_who_made_a_pilgrimage_to_Mecca,_and_gave_out_vast_amounts_of_gold_along_his_way._He_brought_back_Muslim_scholars_and_architects,_who_built_mosques,_libraries,_and_universities._As_a_result,_Timbuktu_became_a_center_of_Muslim_culture.

Question 5 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_largest_and_last_West_African_Empire._It_took_over_territories_from_the_weakened_Mali_Empire,_eventually_replacing_it_with_a_well_governed_empire_with_a_large_military._The_empire_collapsed_after_Moroccan_invaders_with_gunpowder_and_cannons_defeated_them.

Question 6 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=This_was_mined_in_the_western_sub-Sahara:_supplying_about_66%_of_the_world’s_supply.

Question 7 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_sub-Sahara_lacked_____________that_was_essential_for_preserving_food.

Question 8 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe_the_trading_networks_by_examining_trans-Saharan_trade_in_gold_and_salt.

Question 9 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe_the_slave_trade_in_the_trans-Saharan.

Question 10 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The_blending_of_religions_through_conquest_or_trade.

Question 11 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_system_based_on_rights_and_obligations,_where_the_king_was_at_the_top_of_the_system_with_landless_peasants_at_the_bottom.

Question 12 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=The________________,_were_bound_by_law_to_stay_on_the_land_and_grow_food_and_serve_those_above_them.

Question 13 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_feudalism,_the_________________was_supposed_to_protect_the_peasants.

Question 14 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=A_manor_was_the_king’s_estate._A_self_contained_system_where_the_king_provided_housing_and_land,_and_in_return_the_peasants_took_care_of_the_king’s_land.

Question 15 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=He_was_emperor_of_the_Frankish_Kingdom_(Germany),_and_was_crowned_“Roman_Emperor”_by_the_pope,_joining_Germany_with_the_Roman_Catholic_Church._He_limited_the_power_of_the_nobles,_and_developed_schools_for_the_wealthy._His_most_important_contribution_is_that_he_united_most_of_Western_Europe_under_one_ruler.

Question 16 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=In_1075,_this_man_banned_the_practice_of_kings_appointing_Catholic_bishops.

Question 17 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=When_Pope_Gregory_VII_banned_the_practice_of_Kings_appointing_Catholic_bishops,_what_did_Henry_VII_do?

Question 18 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_was_Pope_Gregory_VII's_reaction?

Question 19 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=What_did_Henry_do_upon_the_Pope's_reaction?

Question 20 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Explain_the_role_of_the_church_in_medieval_society.

Question 21 (of 22)

 


SSWH6,7,8: QR Challenge

https://www.classtools.net/QR/decode.php?text=Describe_how_increasing_trade_led_to_the_growth_of_towns_and_cities_in_Medieval_Europe.

Question 22 (of 22)