B+Block+Questions

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Is the United States in decline? Why did Europe dominate the world from the Renaissance on? Why did Islam decline? Who was the Buddha? Why are there so many Buddhists? How many people can the planet support?

(Steve G, B Block)

1) Who was the first person to ever speak a language? 2) If all people came from the same place, how were so many different languages and religions established? 3) How did parts of Africa get to the place of starvation that it’s in right now? 4) Why do people keep going to war even though they know how bad it is? 5) Where did the world come from? (Samantha Ressler, B Block)

1. How much of Africa is unpopulated 2. What is South America like? 3. Which country has been involved in the most wars? 4.How many deserts are there in the world? Are most of them in Africa? 5. what year had the greatest # of countries under communist ruling? (Elizabeth Hunt, B Block)

1. Why do so many countries try communism if it has never truely succeeded?

2. What was the most devastating war of all time?

3. Where did life originate on earth?

4. Why is most of Africa so underdeveloped compared to smaller continentes like North America?

5. Why were monarchies so popular in earlier European countries?

(John Verderame, B block)

Will MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) prevent nuclear war inevitably? What factors lead to the downfall of the Roman empire? Why did England eventually become a close ally of the US after the Revolutionary war? Why are cows considered holy in India? How did Ancient Egypt thrive for so long in the desert?

(Ben Thomas, B Block) What is the most important invention in the past century and where was it invented? When did the last emperor of China ascend the throne? What are some unique cultural practices that people do in other parts of the world? How many U.S presidents were assassinated during their term in office? Why is the western world generally more wealtheir than other parts? (Sonum Tharwani, B Block) What has been the fastest growing religion in the last 1000 years? When did countries start making their own flags to represent themsleves? What was the first language to be spoken? Which countries are the most/least technologicaly advanced? When and how were the time zones invented? (Cami G, B Block)

Can the US ever pay off the national debt?

What do the Countries east of the Caspian Sea and west of China do to make international revenue, like China manufactures things and the US sells ideas of things to manufacture to China?

Around the year 1000 China was a superpower, they created ships that made Columbus's look like dinghies and had Zheng He explore the world using them, why didn't China explore it all and take over most of the world then?

What made the Vikings stop raiding English monastaries for silver and other valuables?

What made the ancient Ghanaian Empire enter a state of decline? See []

(Matthew Aupperle, B Block)

(Daniel Kurtzer, B Block)
 * 1) How did China become Communist, and what is life like under their government?
 * 2) What is the origin of the Nazca lines? Though unexplained, what are a few theories?
 * 3) What exactly is going on in Darfur, and how did it start?
 * 4) What were some similarities between the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. and the South African movement against apartheid?
 * 5) What are the major differences between socialism and capitalism?

(Elliot Kuan, B Block)
 * 1) Why did the U.S., a multiethnic "melting pot" country, wage war against Native Americans?
 * 2) Why has the U.S. never formally declared war since WWII although we have been involved in many since?
 * 3) Why did the ancient Mayan civilization die out?
 * 4) Why was the hydrogen bomb developed?
 * 5) Why did Portugal not want to fund Columbus' voyage to discover trade routes with the Indies if it could potentially make them more powerful and wealthy?

Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids? Why did the Mayans and Egyptians both build pyramids without knowledge of each other’s existence? Why did people change their thought from global cooling to global warming so quickly? What was the first musical instrument? Why do countries weaker than America have better educations?

(Khai Hammett, B Block)

Why didn’t Americans retain the British accent? Is the industrial revolution really permanent progress or a detriment to the world in terms of resource usage? How did the world get split into parts and not all be as one? How did we get all the religions, because you would think if one was true someone would know and that knowledge would be passed from generation to generation? Has modern medicine taken survival of the fittest out of the picture and it that a danger to human life? (Blythe Layne, B Block)

1. How many total languages are there spoken throughout the world? 2. Why is each country so different than the others, especially now that we have the technology and resources to see every country and spread ideas? 3. How do sports differ across the world? 4. Which parts of the world evolved off of each other? 5. How have plants, animals, and humans come to adapt to the environment in which they live? <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in; text-indent: -0.25in;">(Madeline Thornton, B Block)

How many people in the world actually care about its problems? How did humans come about? Will America remain one of the most powerful countries in the future? Why is everyone so scared of global warming if it really hasn't been proven yet? What is the base religion that others are based off of? (Eric Rost, B Block)

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.) What was the world’s response to 9/11? <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2.) How was Europe impacted by the Holocaust? (New security, laws, etc.) <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.) What was the largest natural disaster to affect the world, or to affect a specific part of the world? <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4.) What is the largest animal reserve in the world? <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">5.) What is the poorest civilization in the world? (<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"><span style="font-family: Cambria,serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.) (Ian Siegal, B block)

Why is there not one universal language, or at least one language that all the others are just other forms/dialects of? Why did/does religion differ by region? How did the Mayans come up with their calendar? How did China’s “rank” in the world decline? How did they become so impoverished after being one of the superpowers? How many different currencies are there? Why don’t we use one universal currency? (Neil Lewis, B Block) Why did industrialization happen first in Europe?

What are the factors that can increase or decrease a nations power?

What circumstances are acceptable or not acceptable for the majority of a population to live in?

What makes countries war on each other?

Why do we have countries and governments?

(Keegan Hines, B Block)

If the US government works so well, what prevents other countries from switching? Why does the US not “start wars”? Where did religions originate from? What created different colored skins? What led the US into a recession?

(Alec Schleicher, B Block)