Question

A 2019 book by Victoria Bateman argues that the “rise of the West” was largely due to the West’s comparatively better treatment of these title people. For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this group of people who were said to hold up “Half the Sky” by Mao Zedong.
ANSWER: women [accept females or girls or other synonyms; accept more specific answers like Chinese women or European women]
[10e] Another “rise of the West” thesis is that this technology made the difference. These weapons title a book along with “Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond.
ANSWER: guns [accept Guns, Germs and Steel]
[10h] This historian argued that the poor fisheries of the Mediterranean Sea encouraged long-distance trade, fueling the Great Divergence. This French historian of the Annales School wrote Civilization and Capitalism.
ANSWER: Fernand Braudel [or Fernand Paul Achille Braudel]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
BelmontKinkaid1010020
Hunter AJohns Creek A010010
Innovation Academy AHeights010010
Winston Churchill AHoover A010010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 PACE NSC06/08/2024Y412.50100%25%0%